Gassée also started Be Inc which created BeOS. Beyond being great in and of itself, BeOS was also slated to be the successor to Mac OS 9. If you're an operating system or file system nerd, you will find it very worth looking into BeOS. Gassée overplayed his hand and Apple's acquisition of Be Inc fell through.
Apple ultimately went with the NeXT / Steve Jobs combo, quite wisely, but for a long time there was a whole gang of BeOS fanboys lamenting that decision.
Apple ultimately went with the NeXT / Steve Jobs combo, quite wisely, but for a long time there was a whole gang of BeOS fanboys lamenting that decision.