A zamanin yau da alama kusan ba zai yiwu ba ga kowane kamfani a duniyar fasaha ya sami hanyar siyen Apple a bugun dubawa, duk da haka abubuwa ba daidai suke ba a 1996 kuma gaskiyar ita ce tsohon shugaban da Shugaba na General Electric, Jack Welch, ya sami dama a hannunsa ya sayi Apple na dala biliyan 2 kuma sun rasa damar.
Wannan bayanin ya zo mana ne albarkacin Bob Wright, wani marubuci wanda a kwanan nan ya yi hira da The New York Post game da littafinsa The Wright Stuff. Game da sayan, dole ne mu tuna cewa a wancan lokacin, Apple yana ta fafitikar kasancewa a kan ruwa kafin dawowar Steve Jobs, tare da shugabanta a wancan lokacin, Michael Spindler wanda ya karɓi kamfanin da zarar an kori John Sculley.
Bob Wright, marubucin "The Wright Stuff"
A daya daga cikin sassan littafin ya bayyana hakan ya faru a wancan lokacin a cikin Apple ...
“Farashin dala 20 ne kuma Spindler yana bayanin yadda yake da wahala ga kamfanin ya ci gaba da tafiya cikin hanzari da sauri don inganta lamarin. Ya kasance yana gumi kamar mahaukaci kuma kowa ya ce, 'Ba za mu iya sarrafa fasaha kamar wannan ba. Muna da damar sayen dala miliyan 2. "
Siyan da General Electric ya yi zai canza tarihin kamfanin sosai kuma ina mamakin idan har yanzu Apple zai kasance kamfanin ne idan da wannan sayayyar ta faru. Daga baya a waccan shekarar, bayan GE ya ƙi yin siye, Apple ya sayi NeXT kan dala miliyan 427 kuma Steve Jobs ya sake karɓar kamfanin a 1997.
Daya daga cikin manyan ayyukan farko shine iPod, wanda ƙaddamar a cikin 2001 kuma ya samar da hanyar ciyar da kamfanin gaba. IPhone ya biyo baya a 2007 kuma iPad a 2010. Sannan Apple Watch zai iso a matsayin sabon samfurin da Apple ya ƙaddamar a shekarar 2015.
A yau, Apple a matsayinsa na kamfani ya ninka na Janar Electric ninki biyu.