Abaningi bethu bayayazi indaba yokuthi ungqondongqondo we-Apple uSteve Jobs waxoshwa nini enkampanini ayisungula nomngani wakhe uSteve Woznoiak. 'USteve' baqala i-adventure enkulu ngezinsizakusebenza ezimbalwa nempumelelo eminingi, kufanele nje sibone ukuthi i-Apple iyini namuhla.
Kuyacaca ukuthi babe nezikhathi ezinhle nezimbi, kepha okubi kakhulu kuSteve Jobs, siqinisekile ukuthi kwaba nini wazithola ekude kulokho yena nomngane wakhe uWozniak abakwenzile. UJob waxoshwa ngumuntu amfaka esikhundleni sokuba yi-CEO ye-Apple Computer, uJohn Sculley.
USculley, obekade enguMongameli wePepsico, ungene ku-Apple ngaleyo nkulumo edumile uJobe ayisho kuSculley nokuthi bonke abalandeli bempilo kaJob bayakhumbula: Ngabe ukhetha ukuchitha impilo yakho yonke uthengisa amanzi kashukela noma ufuna ukuguqula umhlaba? USculley wayezogcina ngokuba "wumgadli wemisebenzi" kwa-Apple. Isizathu sokuthi bavumelane nabaphathi benkampani ukuxosha imisebenzi sasicace bha ngokusho kwabo: USteve wayenama-constants izinguquko zobuntu okuthinte indawo yokusebenza e-Apple.
Konke kwashintsha ngo-1996, ikakhulukazi Disemba 20 yalowo nyaka, lapho i-Apple yayiwela mahhala ngaphandle kweparashute ngenxa yezinkinga zezomnotho zale nkampani, emzameni omkhulu wenkampani wokuthi ingacwila, uGil Amelio onguMongameli we-Apple ngalezo zinsuku wahlela isithangami nabezindaba ukuxhumana nabo bonke ukuthi uSteve Jobs wayebuyela enkampanini.
Ngempela, futhi uma sibheka inkampani yaseCupertino namuhla, sikholelwa ngobuqotho ukuthi imisebenzi iyifinyelele, yingakho lezi zithombe ezishicilelwe nguTim Holmes ku-akhawunti yakhe yeFlickr zinentshisekelo enkulu phakathi kwabathandi bomlando we-Apple. Kubo singabona lolo suku lapho uSteve Jobs abuyela khona e-Apple ukukwenza lokho manje, enye yezinkampani ezinkulu emhlabeni.
Ngendlela engilithanda ngayo lelo apula elinemibala elalisetshenziswa yinkampani ngaleso sikhathi!
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