In 1976, Wozniak invented the Apple I computer.
In 1977, Jobs and Wozniak introduced the Apple II at the West Coast Computer Faire. It was the first consumer product sold by Apple Computer and was one of the first highly successful mass-produced microcomputer products
Shortly after its release in 1985, Bill Gates' then-developing company, Microsoft, threatened to stop developing Mac applications unless it was granted "a license for the Mac operating system software.
In 1996, Next Software, Inc. released Webobjects, a framework for Web application development. After next was acquired by Apple Inc. in 1997, Webobjects was used to build and run the Apple Store, MobileMe services, and the iTunes Store.