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Ngomhla wokuqala ka-April, amahlaya ka-April Fool asakazeka emhlabeni wonke njengesifo, kodwa uSteve Jobs, uSteve Wozniak noRonald Wayne bathatha lolu suku njengento enzima kakhulu eminyakeni engu-38 edlule - basungula i-Apple Computer, manje engenye yeziphumelele kakhulu hhayi nje kuphela. ensimini yayo. Yize abantu abahlukahlukene babikezela ukuwa kwakhe futhi kugcine kushabalala izikhathi eziningi...

Isibonelo, uMichael Dell wake weluleka u-Apple ukuthi avale isitolo futhi abuyisele imali kubanikazi bamasheya. UDavid Goldstein, ngakolunye uhlangothi, wayengakholelwa ezitolo zezitini nodaka ezinophawu lwe-apula olulunyiwe, futhi uBill Gates wavele wanikina ikhanda ku-iPad, eyaqala ukubona ukukhanya kosuku ngo-2010.

Selokhu kwashona uSteve Jobs, i-Apple bekuyisihloko esiyintandokazi ezintathelini ezishisekayo kanye nokubhujiswa kwayo ngoba ilahlekelwe umholi wayo, kodwa bekungezona izintatheli nje ebezibikezela izimo ezimbi kakhulu. Ku-Apple kanye nekusasa layo, ngisho neziqhwaga ezishiwo kakade, ezazisho okuningi emhlabeni wezobuchwepheshe njengoSteve Jobs, zazivame ukungalungile.

Ngeminyaka engama-38 yokusungulwa kwe-Apple, ake sikhumbule ukuthi bathini ngakho. Futhi kwenzeka kanjani ekugcineni...

UMichael Dell: Bengizovala isitolo

“Bengizokwenzenjani? Bengizovala isitolo bese ngibuyisela imali kubanikazi bamasheya, ”kweluleka umsunguli kanye ne-CEO ye-Dell ngo-1997, lapho u-Apple wayesemaphethelweni ngempela. Kodwa ukufika kukaSteve Jobs kwasho ukukhuphuka kwesimo sezulu enkampanini, futhi owangena esikhundleni sakhe, uTim Cook, wayengenakho ukukhetha kodwa ukubuyisela ngempela imali kubanikazi bamasheya - ngokweseluleko sikaDell. I-Apple manje inemali eningi ku-akhawunti yayo kangangokuthi ayizange ibe nenkinga yokusabalalisa amadola angaphezu kwezigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-2,5 phakathi kwabatshalizimali njalo ngekota. Ukuqhathanisa nje - emuva ngo-1997, inani lemakethe ye-Apple lalingama- $ 2,3 billion. Manje ukhipha le mali kane ngonyaka futhi usenezinkulungwane zezigidi ezisele ku-akhawunti yakhe.

UDavid Goldstein: Nginikeza i-Apple Stores iminyaka emibili

Ngo-2001, uDavid Goldstein, owayengumongameli wemboni yokudayisa enkampanini yokuhlaziya i-Channel Marketing Corp, wenza isibikezelo esiqinile: "Ngibanikeza iminyaka emibili ngaphambi kokuba izibani zicime futhi bayalibona leli phutha elibuhlungu kakhulu futhi elibizayo." yayikhuluma ngokuqala kwezitolo zakwa-Apple zezitini nodaka, ezagcina ziphumile ngempela—kodwa hhayi zona ngokwazo, kodwa umncintiswano. I-Apple, ne-chain chain yayo, manje esenezitolo ezingaphezu kuka-400, iwuqede ngokuphelele lo mncintiswano. Mhlawumbe akekho omunye emhlabeni onganikeza amakhasimende isipiliyoni esinjalo sokuthenga.

Ngekota yokugcina kuphela, i-Apple Story izuze ama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-7, ngaphezu kwalokho inkampani yonke eyazuza ngo-2001 ($ 5,36 billion), lapho uDavid Goldstein enza isibikezelo sakhe.

UBill Gates: I-iPad ingumfundi omuhle, kodwa akukho engifuna ukukwenza

U-Bill Gates, kanye no-Steve Jobs, ungomunye wamadoda abaluleke kakhulu emhlabeni wezobuchwepheshe, kodwa ngisho naye wayengeke abikezele impumelelo ye-iPad eyethulwe ngo-2010. wayengahlosile ngokwanele.' I-e-reader enhle, kodwa akukho lutho nge-iPad olungenza ngihambe, 'Hawu, ngifisa sengathi iMicrosoft ingakwenza lokhu,' ”kusho i-philanthropist enkulu.

Mhlawumbe kukhona inketho yesibili futhi. Akukhona ukuthi uBill Gates akakwazanga ukubikezela impumelelo ye-iPad, kodwa wayengafuni nje ukwamukela iqiniso lokuthi iMicrosoft - inkampani ayisungula, kodwa engakayiqondi iminyaka eyishumi - yehlulekile ngokuphelele ukubamba ukukhuphuka kwamadivayisi eselula. futhi ngemva kwe-iPhone, wavele walandela ngenkani ingoma elandelayo emelwe imbangi yakhe endala uSteve Jobs.

Umthombo: Apple Insider
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