USteve Wozniak (San José, California, 1950) uvame ukukhohlwa kakhulu yi-Apple. Ungumuntu ovame ukumbozwa yimemori engapheli kaSteve Jobs. Kodwa-ke, kanye nobuhlakani bokugcina, wayeyinto ebalulekile ezinyathelweni zokuqala zalokho cishe eminyakeni engamashumi amane kamuva okwakuzoba umbuso wama-apula. Yize ashiya le nkampani ngo-1985, uhlala eyisazi esidumile se-techno-guru, i-philanthropist, kanye nomtshalizimali.
Uqinisekisa ukuthi "ubamba imihlangano elinganiselwa kwengu-20 ngosuku" nosomabhizinisi kodwa ngoJulayi 2014 wahlangabezana nombono womuntu waseSpain owamshiya "emangele." KwakunguSherpa, umsizi wezwi owenziwe nguBiscayan Xabier Uribe-Etxeberria, oncintisana noSiri noma iGoogle Now. Wube njalo umthelela uWozniak anqume ukuxhasa ngawo intuthuko yakamuva kulengxenyekazi, okuthi ngemuva kweminyaka eminingana itholakale kuphela kwi-Android manje eseku-iOS nakuwashi leGear S2. “Imishini isiqala ukusizwa,” usho kanje.
UMichael McLaughlin: Uhlelo lokusebenza oluxhasayo lubikezela kakhulu. Ngabe ubuchwepheshe buzoba phambili kwezifiso zethu?
Steve Wozniak: Sesihambe ibanga elide kulokhu. Kunzima ukwenza izibikezelo, kepha khumbula ukuthi ngenkathi siqala ngamakhompiyutha noma lapho i-iPhone ifika, asizange sicabange ukuthi sizofinyelela leli zinga lokusondelana phakathi kwemishini nabasebenzisi. Kumele ubone ukuthi kunezinhlelo zokusebenza ezikwazi ukuphakamisa indlela esheshayo eya ekhaya, ukusebenza noma ukuthi i-Amazon isitshela kanjani ngokuthembekile ukuthi yiziphi izincwadi esingazithanda.
MM: Ubenokuningi kokukwenza ngokwakhiwa kwekhompyutha yomuntu siqu. Ungacabanga ngomhlaba ongenayo le mishini?
SW: Amakhompyutha awazukunyamalala. Kuzoshintsha umbono wabantu kula maqembu. Uma ucabanga ngakho, i-PC yiyo eqhubeka nokwenza umsebenzi onzima kimi. Noma kunjalo, amadivayisi eselula avule iwindi elisha lokwenza lowo msebenzi kwenye indawo. Abakhi, abaklami, onjiniyela. Zonke zizoqhubeka nokuzisebenzisa, noma kungenjalo njengekhompyutha yomuntu siqu.
MM: Ukubuyela okwamanje. Ubona kanjani uTim Cook? Ngabe ucabanga ukuthi uSteve Jobs ulahlekile e-Apple?
SW: Abantu bawujabulele umsebenzi kaSteve Jobs futhi kwaba nokukhathazeka okukhulu ngefa lakhe. Wonke umuntu wayecabanga ukuthi, ngemuva kokushona kwakhe, i-Apple izoshintsha inkambo yayo ngokuphelele. Kodwa-ke, ngicabanga ukuthi inkampani isebenza kahle kakhulu ngaphandle kukaSteve Jobs. Ngicele iminyaka emibili ngilinde uTim Cook futhi uyabona ukuthi bazinaka kanjani ngokukhethekile izidingo zabasebenzisi nokuthi bazivumelanise kanjani nendlela yokuphila entsha yomphakathi. Lokhu kubonakala kumadivayisi, aguquke kakhulu.
MM: Yini obekufanele yenzeke ukuze inkampani ilahlekelwe yilokho kuthinta kwenkosi yezobuchwepheshe iMidas?
SW: Kunzima ukuthi i-Apple ilahlekelwe yilomfutho wokuwina. Lapho unengcebo eningi ungahlala uxhasa inkampani ngandlela thile. Amandla ayo amakhulu kufanele asuselwe kakhulu kumkhiqizo wawo kunokubekiwe komkhiqizo. Kungenzeka bangenzi okuningi njengabanye abakhiqizi, kepha bakwazile ukwenza indalo yabo iqondakale futhi isondele kubantu abangewona ubuchwepheshe njengomama. Bayabona ukuthi basebenza njalo. Akudingeki uhlanye futhi ube nomkhiqizo omusha njalo ngonyaka. Awudingi ukusungula i-smartwatch noma imoto ezimele njalo ezinyangeni ezimbili.
MM: Esikhathini esedlule besikubona ulayini entathakusa uyothenga i-iPhone. Ngabe usathanda ifoni? Yini ebingashintsha?
SW: USteve Jobs wayengafuni ukubona izingcingo ezinkulu, njenge-iPhone Plus. Kodwa-ke, i-Apple yenze kahle ngokubheja ezintweni ezingayithandi neze. Kunoma ikuphi, bekufanele ngabe basungule i-terminal enesikrini esikhudlwana ngaphambili. Okungenani eminyakeni emithathu ngaphambi kokuncintisana kuleso sigaba esisha semakethe.
MM: Kokubili i-Apple Watch namanye amawashi ahlakaniphile akakuqinisekisi?
SW: Nginabaningi bamawashi ahlakaniphile futhi ngiwahlolile. Ukukutshela iqiniso, bengingalindele okuningi kubo futhi bekungabonakali kunosizo olukhulu kimi. Kodwa-ke, ngezindaba zakamuva ze-Apple Watch, ukwaneliseka kwami kukhule lapho ngibona ukuthi kusebenze kanjani empilweni yami yansuku zonke futhi i-Apple isize umkhiqizo wayo ukungena emkhakheni wobucwebe. Kodwa-ke, kusekude ukuthi ubaluleke. Uma ngikhohlwa, nami ngingenza okufanayo ngeselula yami. Ah! Vele, ngithanda ukubheka iwashi ngaphezu kweselula ngesikhathi sokudla, kunenhlonipho enkulu (iyahleka).
MM: Ngabe i-Chinese electronics boom izomaka ikusasa lomkhakha?
SW: Ngihlabeke umxhwele kakhulu ngezinkampani zaseChina. Benza engikwenzile ngemikhiqizo yami cishe eminyakeni engama-40 eyedlule: ukuletha ubuchwepheshe kubantu abaningi. Benza ngentengo. Bafaka ubuchwepheshe obuthuthukile kakade ngezindleko eziphansi kakhulu. Noma kunjalo, lokho akuhambelani nefilosofi yomkhiqizo nomkhiqizo njenge-Apple.
MM: Kuze kube namuhla, ucabanga ukuthi inguquko kwezobuchwepheshe ibibaluleke kakhulu esintwini kunaleyo yezimboni?
I-SW: Le micimbi emibili ibaluleke kakhulu esintwini ngoba, ngezikhathi zazo eziqonde ngqo, ibichaze ukuguqulwa komsebenzi womshini. Okufakazelwe ngukuthi izinguquko kwezobuchwepheshe zihlala zisiza abantu. Esikhathini sezimboni sayishintsha kakhulu indlela yethu yokuphila, saqala ukwakha nokwenza izinto ngaphambili ezazibiza kakhulu noma zazingenakwenzeka. Ngokuguqulwa kolwazi kufana ncamashi: sibona izinto ebesingakaze sizicabange.
