Comment by ChrisMarshallNY

BeOS was one.

When Apple was looking for its "next generation" OS, everyone assumed that Gassé and BeOS were going to be it, but they chose Jobs and the legacy (FreeBSD-based) NextOS.

I know that "old is bad," in today's tech world, but, speaking only for myself, I'm glad they made the decision they did. BeOS was really cool, but it was too new.