Lesi yisibalo i-European Union ebuza lesi sikhondlakhondla sezobuchwepheshe ngezinsolo zentela ezingadingekile iminyaka eminingana futhi yize i-Ireland isekela impi yenkampani eyenziwe nguSteve Jobs, i-EU iseneminyaka eyishumi nantathu futhi ifuna le mali enkulu kangaka ikhokhwe njengenhlawulo.
Ama-euro ayizigidi ezingama-13.000 (okungaba ngaphezulu kancane kuka-14.300 million dollars) kuyimali eningi ngisho nakwinkampani enamandla njenge-Apple ngakho-ke omele inkampani evela eCupertino Daniel Beard, umi phambi kweNkantolo Jikelele ye-European Union, eLuxembourg.
Amazwi wentshebe, ngokwalokho okwenzekile ne-EU ngale ndlela kucace bha:
Ngabe i-Apple isungule futhi yathuthukisa i-iPhone e-Ireland? I-iPad noma i-iPod? Akunjalo! Impendulo ibhalwe kuwo wonke umkhiqizo we-Apple: 'Idizayinwe yi-Apple eCalifornia'. I-Apple ikhokha intela yayo futhi iyaqonda ukubaluleka kokwenza kanjalo. Sicabanga ukuthi i-Apple ingumkhokhi wentela omkhulu kunabo bonke emhlabeni futhi sikholwa wukuthi isinqumo seKhomishini sidinga ukuguqulwa.
UDublin uphinde wadlulisa isinqumo seKhomishini yaseYurophu futhi wenqaba ukuthi sethulwe njengendawo yentela, ngakho-ke yonke imikhakha ivulekile kulesi sinqumo sikaSolomoni. Le nhlawulo efakwe ku-Apple ingaba yisandulela sezinye izinkampani eziningi zobuchwepheshe nezingezona ezobuchwepheshe ezizinze e-Ireland futhi ngukuthi njengoba sonke sesivele sazi ukuthi imithetho yalelo zwe ngokwentela ivame ukubazuzisa. Kwa-Apple sebenaso sonke lesi sibalo esibekelwe eceleni futhi ivinjwe ngenkathi inqubo yokwahlulela iqhubeka nenkambo yayo. Ngenkathi lokhu kwenzeka, amasheya enkampani ahlala ezinzile ngaphezu kwamaphoyinti angama-217, sizobona ukuthi le opera yesepha iphela kanjani ...