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Izolo bekuyiminyaka eyishumi kusukela i-Apple yakhipha i-iTunes yeWindows. Ngaleso sikhathi, i-Apple yathatha esinye sezinyathelo ezibaluleke kakhulu, noma ngabe yayingabonakali njengaso ngaleso sikhathi. Lo mcimbi empeleni usize i-Apple ukuthi ibe yinkampani ebaluleke kakhulu emhlabeni, okwamanje eyiphethe ngemali yemakethe engaphezu kuka-$550 billion. Kodwa lolo kwakuwusuku lapho isihogo sanqamuka khona e-Apple, okuyinto bobabili uSteve Jobs nabalandeli benkampani ababecabanga ngayo.

Ngenkathi uSteve Jobs ethula i-iTunes ye-Windows ngenkulumo eyisihluthulelo ngo-Okthoba 16, 2003, wayibiza ngokuthi "uhlelo lwe-Windows olungcono kakhulu olwake lwaba khona". Isicelo esivela ku-Apple sesistimu yokusebenza ye-Microsoft kwakuyinto eyayingacatshangwa ngaleso sikhathi. USteve Jobs kanye neningi lenkampani babesathuthumela ngezenzakalo zango-80s, lapho uBill Gates kanye neMicrosoft yakhe bekopisha uhlelo lweMacintosh olwaluguquguquka ngaleso sikhathi (u-Apple lona alukopisha ku-Xerox), eshiya i-Apple inesabelo esincane semakethe yamakhompiyutha. . Yayicishe ibe ngama-2003% e-US ngo-3,2 futhi ibilokhu iwa.

Eminyakeni emibili ngaphambili, isidlali somculo se-iPod senguquko yethulwa. Yayidinga i-iTunes ukuze ilayishe izingoma kudivayisi, eyayitholakala kuphela kuma-Mac. Ngandlela thize, bekungesona isinqumo esibi, njengoba i-iPod iphinde yenza ukuthengiswa kwe-Mac kube ngcono ngenxa yalokhu kuhluka. Kepha umdlali ubengeke abe yi-hit enjalo ukube ibitholakala kuphela endaweni yesikhulumi se-Apple.

USteve Jobs wayemelene kakhulu nokwelula i-iTunes kanye nokwelula i-iPod ku-Windows. Wayefuna isofthiwe ye-Apple namanye amadivayisi atholakale kuma-Mac kuphela. KwakunguPhil Shiller kanye nePhini Likamongameli Omkhulu ngaleso sikhathi we-Hardware Engineering uJon Rubenstein owabona amandla amakhulu ohlelweni lokusebenza oluqhudelanayo. Lesi sikhathi sichazwe e-book ka-Max Chafkin (Inkampani Esheshayo) ebizwa ngokuthi Design Crazy, etholakala ku iBooksitolo:

UJohn Rubenstein: “Saphikisana kakhulu nge-iTunes yeWindows futhi yena [uSteve Jobs] wathi cha. Ekugcineni, mina noPhil Shiller sathi sizokwenza. USteve waphendula wathi, 'Hlukanani nobabili, nenze noma yini eniyifunayo. Kufika emakhanda enu.' Waphuma egulukudela ekamelweni.'

Kwakungesinye sezikhathi lapho uSteve Jobs kwadingeka aqiniseke ngesixazululo esingcono. Ukube kuya ngaye ngabe i-iPod ayikaze ibe mnandi kangaka ngoba ibingeke itholakale cishe ku-97% wabantu baseMelika abasebenzisa iWindows. Bangabona ngokuzumayo ukusebenzisana okuyingqayizivele phakathi kwe-hardware ye-Apple nesofthiwe. Abanye babo bagcina bengabasebenzisi beMac kwathi eminyakeni emine kamuva baba abanikazi be-iPhone yokuqala. Akukho kulokhu obekungenzeka ukube i-iTunes ibihlala ikhethekile ku-Mac. I-Apple ingase ingabi inkampani ebaluleke kakhulu emhlabeni namuhla, futhi umhlaba wobuchwepheshe bolwazi ungase ubukeke uhluke ngokuphelele.

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