Ngokwemininingwane evela enkampanini yaseBloomberg, siyazi ukuthi abameli benkampani iVirnetX uvule icala ngo-Apple izolo ebiza izigidi ezingama-532 zamaRandi zokwephula uchungechunge lobunikazi obuhlobene nokuvikeleka kokuxhumana ngenethiwekhi.
Abameli bakaVirnetX baqale ngqo ukuhlasela kusukela ngosuku lokuqala beyohlasela i-Apple lamula inqubo yezomthetho kuhlelwe isonto elizayo ngaphambi kweNkantolo Yesifunda Sase-East Texas. Ngokwamazwi kaBrad Caldwell, ummeli weVirnetX: “I-Apple ayizange idlale ngokulingana. Bathathe ubuhlakani beVirnetX ngaphandle kwemvume.
Lesi akusona okokuqala ukuthi le nkampani imangalele i-Apple ngezizathu zamalungelo obunikazi, ekuqaleni konyaka we-2012 ijaji laseTexas lathola ukuthi umthetho olandelwayo we-FaceTime wokusakaza ubususelwa kwilungelo lobunikazi le-VPN eliphethwe yiVirnetX. Lokhu kuholele ekutheni i-Apple iyalelwe ukuthi ikhokhe inani elingu- $ 386,2 million lokulimaza iVirnetX, yize ekugcineni bekungafanele lenze kanjalo iNkantolo Yokudlulisa Amacala Yombuso kulinganiselwa ukuthi isikhalazo esifakwe yi-Apple ngoSepthemba walowo nyaka.
Noma kunjalo i-Apple ibingakaze ibe njalo okuwukuphela kwenkampani ekubukeni kukaVirnetX, njengoba iMicrosoft nayo bekufanele ibhekane nabo ngokufinyelela esivumelwaneni esingaphandle kwenkantolo lapho ikhokhele khona inkampani isamba samadola ayizigidi ezingama-200 kanye nezigidi ezingama-23 ngelinye ilungelo lobunikazi elisetshenziswe ku-Skype.
Manje kubonakala sengathi iVirnetX ifuna ukuphinda isole i-Apple amaqiniso afanayo yize izimpikiswano ezifanayo zingengethulwa futhi esivivinyweni esisha. Abaningi bakhuluma ngenye indawo yokuhlala njengoba kwenzeka ngeMicrosoft kepha okwamanje akukho okuqinisekisiwe. Ngemuva kwesinqumo sokuqala se-Federal Court, i-Apple iguqule ipulatifomu yayo ye-FaceTime ukugwema ukwephulwa okusha yize i-VirnetX iqhubeka nokufuna ukuthi ukuguqulwa akwanele ukubhekwa njengokwenelisayo.
Isahlulelo esisha sifaka izicelo ezinjengeFaceTime, iMessage kanye ezinye izici zenethiwekhi eziphephile yakhelwe ezinhlelweni ezahlukahlukene zokusebenza kwe-Apple.