Lo ngumfanekiso ukuba i-European Union ibuza isigebenga setekhnoloji malunga neenzuzo zerhafu ezingafanelekanga iminyaka emininzi kwaye nangona iIreland ixhasa umlo wenkampani eyenziwe nguSteve Jobs, I-EU iyaqhubeka kwishumi elinesithathu kwaye ifuna ukuba le mali ingaka ihlawulwe njengesohlwayo.
I-13.000 yezigidi zee-euro (eya kuba ngaphaya kwe-14.300 yezigidi zeedola) Yimali eninzi nakwinkampani eyomeleleyo njenge-Apple kwaye kungenxa yoko ummeli wefemu ye-Cupertino, uDaniel Beard, ethatha indawo yakhe phambi kweNkundla Jikelele ye-European Union, eLuxembourg.
Amazwi kaNdevu, kunikwe okwenzekileyo nge-EU ngale ndlela, kucace gca:
Ngaba i-Apple iyile kwaye yaphuhlisa i-iPhone eIreland? I-iPad okanye i-iPod? Hayi! Impendulo ibhaliwe kuyo yonke imveliso ye-Apple: 'Yenziwe yi-Apple eCalifornia.' I-Apple ihlawula irhafu kwaye iyakuqonda ukubaluleka kokwenza oko. Sicinga ukuba i-Apple ngoyena mhlawuli werhafu mkhulu emhlabeni kwaye sikholelwa ukuba isigqibo seKhomishini kufuneka sirhoxiswe.
I-Dublin iphinde yabhenela isigqibo seKomishoni yaseYurophu kwaye iyala ukunikezelwa njengendawo yokuhlawulela irhafu, ngoko yonke imida ivulekile kwesi sigqibo sikaSolomoni. Esi sohlwayo sibekwe kwi-Apple inokuba sintshayelelo kwezinye ezininzi ezibekwe kwiinkampani zobuchwepheshe nezingezizo ezeteknoloji ezizinze eIreland kwaye, njengoko sonke sisazi, imithetho yelo lizwe malunga nerhafu ihlala iluncedo kubo. Kwa-Apple sele benalo lonke eli nani libekelwe bucala kwaye ivalwe ngelixa inkqubo yokugweba iqhubeka. Ngelixa oku kusenzeka, izabelo zenkampani zihlala zizinzile ngaphezulu kwamanqaku angama-217, siza kubona ukuba le opera yesepha iphela njani...