News The roots of Mac OS X By - February 22, 2002 15 FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsAppLinkedinReddItEmail Author: JT Smith Mac17 writes: “OSNews features an article regarding the roots of MacOSX. The article starts with Jobs forced out of Apple at mid-80s, the rise and fall of NeXT and how NeXT now lives within the (also) BSD-based MacOSX.”