Ondrej Holzman Ngokuyimfihlo ephelele futhi kakade ngoSepthemba odlule, i-Apple ithole i-Dryft yokuqalisa, ethuthukisa amakhibhodi kumadivayisi eselula. I-Apple ayizange imemezele ukuthi ziyini izinhloso zayo nge-Dryft.
Okokutholwa waveza I-TechCrunch, okuthi ku-LinkedIn uthole ukuthi i-CTO ka-Dryft (kanye nomsunguli wenye ikhibhodi, i-Swype) u-Randy Marsden wayethuthele e-Apple ngoSepthemba wonyaka odlule njengomphathi wezikhibhodi ze-iOS.
Inkampani yaseCalifornia iqinisekise ukutholwa ngesimemezelo esiyisibopho sokuthi "ithenga izinkampani ezincane zobuchwepheshe ngezikhathi ezithile, kodwa ngokuvamile ayikhulumi ngezinhloso noma izinhlelo zayo." Ngakho-ke, akuqiniseki ngisho nokuthi ngokuyinhloko wathola i-Marsden nabahlanganyeli bakhe, noma ukuthi wayenesithakazelo yini kumkhiqizo ngokwawo.
Ikhibhodi ye-Dryft ikhethekile ngoba ibonakala kuphela esibukweni lapho umsebenzisi ebeka iminwe yakhe kuyo. Kwakukuhle, ngokwesibonelo, ezindaweni ezinkudlwana zamaphilisi, lapho kwakulandelelwa khona ukunyakaza kweminwe.
Kuze kube yi-iOS 8, bekungenzeki ukusebenzisa amakhibhodi afanayo ezinkampani zangaphandle kuma-iPhone nama-iPad. Ngonyaka odlule, nokho, u-Apple wanquma ukwethula amakhibhodi adume kakhulu ku-Android, njenge USwype noma SwiftKey futhi kungenzeka ukuthi ngenxa yokutholwa kwe-Dryft, ilungiselela ikhibhodi yayo ethuthukisiwe yezinguqulo ezilandelayo zesistimu yokusebenza.
Uma ufuna ukufunda okwengeziwe ngekhibhodi ye-Dryft, ungabuka ividiyo enamathiselwe ngezansi lapho u-Randy Marsden ngokwakhe ethula khona iphrojekthi.
Kungani bengakwenzi lokhu ngokushesha kungaphezu kwami. Bekungadingeki ukuthi beze nokusekelwa kwamakhibhodi ezinkampani zangaphandle nhlobo (okuvele kubangele ukuthi abantu abaningi baphahlaze izinhlelo zokusebenza noma kunjalo) kodwa bekufanele beze nekhibhodi yangokwezifiso eshunwe ngokugcwele ngokushesha... Lokho bekungaba ngaphezulu kwe Indlela ka-Jobsian... Ukuthembela kubantu bangaphandle (okwezinto zesistimu) kuyisitayela se-android futhi ngokuvamile akuholeli kunoma yini enhle… Noma kunjalo, ngilangazelela ukubona ukuthi uzolungiselela ini :-)
Kungashiwo okufanayo kuzo zonke izinhlelo zokusebenza zezinkampani zangaphandle ku-Appstore. Imisebenzi yayingakufuni ngempela lokho. Ngenhlanhla, akuzange kuphele kanjalo. Ungacabanga uma zonke izinhlelo zokusebenza zenziwe nge-apula kuphela? Akumele sibe nalutho ndawonye manje. U-Apple akakwazanga (futhi engafuni) ukwenza wonke amakhibhodi abelokhu emakethe isikhathi eside manje.