Ngaphandle kokuthi sekuphele iminyaka eminingana kwenzeke okonakele ISiphepho uKatrina esacekela phansi idolobha laseNew Orleans, imisebenzi yokwakha kabusha iyaqhubeka. I-Apple, ehlala izama ukusiza ngokwezezimali kunoma iyiphi inhlekelele ebangelwe yimvelo noma yikuphi emhlabeni, iphinde yakhombisa ukuzibophezela kwayo.
UTim Cook, isikhulu esiphezulu kwa-Apple, umemezele ukuthi inkampani nikela ngemishini yekhompyutha, kufaka phakathi isoftware ethile ye-Ellis Marsalis Music Center, isikhungo somculo esasungulwa ngemuva kweSiphepho uKatrina, ngemuva kokuvakashela izikhungo ngempelasonto edlule.
Umculo nokudla kungumphefumulo waseNew Orleans. Uthanda ukubona igumbo lobuciko, ukufunda nobuchwepheshe e-Ellis Marsalis Center for Music lapho umphakathi uba umndeni. pic.twitter.com/YDk100ZZ3q
- U-Tim Cook (@t_cook) Kwangathi 18, 2019
Ngesikhathi evakashile, uTim Cook wahlangana nomsunguli walesi sikhungo, u-Ellis Marsalis, ongumdlali wepiyano we-jazz, kanye nomlingisi nomculi uHarry Connick Jr, owabambisana ekusungulweni kwalesi sikole ngo-2011. Lesi sikhungo siseduze nase-Upper I-9th Ward yedolobha laseNew Orleans, indawo eyaziwa ngeMusic Music Village, Iphinde yaba yindawo yokuhlangana yomphakathi.
Ihholo lokusebenza, elinabantu abangu-170, linikela ngobunjiniyela obukhethekile bokuthi yakhiwa ngenxa yeminikelo eyaphakanyiswa ngemuva kweSiphepho uKatrina ngo-2005. UTim Cook uhambele isibuyekezo somfundi futhi wathumela izithombe ezahlukahlukene zomcimbi ku-akhawunti yakhe ye-Twitter.
Kungenzeka ukuthi ingxenye yesizathu esenze uTim Cook ukuthi enze lo mnikelo, ngaphezu kwaleyo ekhombisa ukuphana kwenkampani, kungenxa yokuthi yonke imishini etholakala kulesi sikole somculo, yize iyi-iMac, lezi zilawulwa ngamakhibhodi angewona ama-Apple namagundane njengoba sibona ezithombeni uTim Cook ngokwakhe azishicilela ku-akhawunti yakhe. Futhi, uma ubheka kahle, amanye amamodeli aneminyaka embalwa ubudala (iMac ngemuva kwesithombe sesibili).