Tevanian later said that this was no surprise: “We had better technology, we had a solution that was complete, and we had Steve.” Amelio knew that bringing Jobs back into the fold would be a double-edged sword, but the same was true of bringing Gassée back. Larry Tesler, one of the Macintosh veterans from the old days, recommended to Amelio that he choose NeXT, but added, “Whatever company you choose, you’ll get someone who will take your job away, Steve or Jean-Louis.”

　　 泰瓦尼安后來說，那并不出乎意料。“我們有更好的技術(shù)，我們有完整的解決方案，而亂我們有史蒂夫。”阿梅里奧知道，讓喬布斯重回蘋果是把雙刃劍，但是讓加西回來也面臨同樣的問題。一位早年間麥金塔團隊的老員工拉里·特斯勒向阿梅里奧建議選擇NeXT，但是他加了一旬：“無論你選擇哪家公司，你都會面臨著自己的地位被人取代——史蒂夫或讓-路易。”

　　Amelio opted for Jobs. He called Jobs to say that he planned to propose to the Apple board that he be authorized to negotiate a purchase of NeXT. Would he like to be at the meeting? Jobs said he would. When he walked in, there was an emotional moment when he saw Mike Markkula. They had not spoken since Markkula, once his mentor and father figure, had sided with Sculley there back in 1985. Jobs walked over and shook his hand.

　　 阿梅里奧選擇了喬布斯。他給他打電話說，自己計劃向蘋果董事會提請授權(quán)他談判NeXT的收購事宜。他問喬布斯是否愿意參加會議，喬布斯說愿意。當(dāng)喬布斯走進(jìn)會議室，看到邁克·馬庫拉那一刻，場面很是動情。馬庫拉曾經(jīng)是他的導(dǎo)師，就像他的父親一樣，但自從他1985年站在斯卡利一邊之后，他們就再也沒講過話。喬布斯走過去跟他握手。然后，喬布斯在沒有泰瓦尼安和其他任何支持的情況下，自己作了NeXT演示。最終，整個董事會被完全征服了。

　　Jobs invited Amelio to come to his house in Palo Alto so they could negotiate in a friendly setting. When Amelio arrived in his classic 1973 Mercedes, Jobs was impressed; he liked the car. In the kitchen, which had finally been renovated, Jobs put a kettle on for tea, and then they sat at the wooden table in front of the open-hearth pizza oven. The financial part of the negotiations went smoothly; Jobs was eager not to make Gassée’s mistake of overreaching. He suggested that Apple pay $12 a share for NeXT. That would amount to about $500 million. Amelio said that was too high. He countered with $10 a share, or just over $400 million. Unlike Be, NeXT had an actual product, real revenues, and a great team, but Jobs was nevertheless pleasantly surprised at that counteroffer. He accepted immediately.

　　 喬布斯邀請阿梅里奧去他在帕洛奧圖的家里談判，這樣可以有個友好的環(huán)境。阿梅里奧開著經(jīng)典的1973年款奔馳車出現(xiàn)，喬布斯對此印象深刻。他喜歡這部車。在裝修過的廚房里，喬布斯燒水泡茶，然后他們在比薩爐前的木頭餐桌邊落座。財務(wù)部分的談判進(jìn)行得很順利，喬布斯想避免加西所犯的獅子大開口的錯誤。他建議蘋果以每股12美元的價格收購NeXT,總價值將達(dá)5億美元。阿梅里奧說價格太髙了。他還價到每股10美元，總價4億美元。跟Be不同的是，NeXT有實際的產(chǎn)品、確實的收入，以及出色的團隊，但盡管如此，喬布斯還是對這個報價感到驚喜。他立即接受了。