by Richard Foxworthy, Editor from the February 1997 issue of Australian MacUser magazine By now, most readers will have heard the news - Gil Amelio and the crew at Apple Computer spent their Christmas break writing large cheques - totalling $US400 million - to acquire NeXT Software, the company launched by original Apple co-founder Steve Jobs after losing a 1985 power struggle with then Apple CEO John Sculley. In a twist that will delight many and horrify some, Steve Jobs himself - the single...