[allenbrunson]

There were definitely some egos involved. According to some accounts I've read, Gassee was forced out of Apple due to disagreements with Sculley. I worked at Be and spoke with Gassee, so I know he's kind of, um, "volatile," let's say. He probably felt ill-treated at Apple and this was his chance to right a previous wrong.

BUT. I used and developed for BeOS for many years. And now I've used and developed for MacOSX for many years. And I think Apple made the right decision, both technically and politically.

At the time, NextStep was far more mature. Next was a lot better funded than Be was. And Apple's original DNA was formed in Jobs' image, so he was far better prepared to run the place.