Revealed: CIA funneled millions to NeXT via DARPA to build spy satellite terminals
zetalyrae · x · 2026-09-30
A viral thread claims the National Reconnaissance Office funneled millions to NeXT through a DARPA contract — with the CIA posing as the NSA — to build spy satellite terminals. The multimillion-dollar deal gave NeXT years of runway until the Apple acquisition. The original post quips that the CIA wanted you to have a beautiful avant-garde object-oriented OS that defined the desktop for 35 years.
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