Ngalokhu, manje sekuphele iminyaka emihlanu abaphathi abaphezulu bakwa-Apple bangena kwiNgqungquthela yeSun Valley, ingqungquthela ebaluleke kakhulu lapho bahlangana khona abantu abanethonya elikhulu emkhakheni wezobuchwepheshe kanye nabantu abanamandla nosopolitiki.
Kulo nyaka kwenzeke ukubona i-CEO yamanje ye-Apple, Tim Cook, ephelezelwa omunye umphathi we-Apple, u-Eddy Cue wethu othandekayo. Akukho lwazi oluvelile ngemihlangano abakwaze ukuyihambela noma abantu okungenzeka ukuthi bebehlanganyela nabo imibono, kodwa kusobala ukuthi le ngqungquthela "isika izinhlanzi eziningi."
Eminyakeni edlule sibonile ukuthi i-Apple inciphise kanjani ukubamba iqhaza kwayo emicimbini eminingi. Enye yazo iMacworld eyinsumansumane, ebaluleke kakhulu kwabaningi futhi manje esekhohliwe nge-Apple kanye nokungasekho. Labo abavela eCupertino bazihambela bodwa futhi sebekhethe ukusungula ingqungquthela yabo, WWDC futhi bahlangane ngokuzimela neziphathimandla eziningi njengoba zibona kufanelekile.
UTim Cook akayekile ukuya eNdiya naseChina ukuyovala izivumelwano, ebesizibiza ngamagama izinyanga eziningi manje futhi manje, sikanye no-Eddy Cue, babe khona engqungqutheleni yeSun Valley. Kule ngqungquthela, njengoba besilindele, babonwe benezikhundla eziphezulu njenge-CEO ye-CBS Les Moonves, uBen Sherwood we-ABC noma i-CEO yakwa-Sony Kazuo Hari, phakathi kwabanye.
Kodwa-ke, ukuphela kukaTim Cook oke wabanjwa naye ne-CEO yeThe Walt Disney Company uqobo. Nakulokhu siyenanela ukuthi inkampani enama-apula alunywayo iyaqhubeka nokufuna ukubambisana futhi kulokhu kuhlobene nesizukulwane sesine esinamandla i-Apple TV.
Sizobona ukuthi kulo nyaka osele i-Apple ibeke imikhiqizo etafuleni eyenza izimpilo zethu zibe lula. Uma wenza ukubuyekeza lokho okukhishwa yi-Apple njengamanje, uzobona ukuthi kubeka umsebenzisi wokugcina njengobaluleke kakhulu kuketanga.