Apple chose to use a world wide proven standard, vrs. No, Apple is just going to scrap Sys 7.x over time. QuickTime, QuickDraw is the screen rendering technology, and hopefully they won't fuck up Display Post Script with Apple's shitty QuickDraw GX technology. Again, fuck Apple and Apple developers. Go to Stone Design or Lighthouse Design amongst many other good NeXT Developers.
Apple developers can either jump on board or sink.
He can identify new opportunities because he has a proven track record. Apple is largely irrelevant. Calif. Well ask a MIS director trying to manage 1000 Win'95 machines with NT servers how far NeXTStep is off his wish list. Of course with NeXTStep he would have free time again, his angina would stop, and his hair would quit falling out.