UMikhal Marek Esikhathini esedlule, u-Apple umemezele ukuthi uBob Mansfield, inhloko yophiko lwehardware yakwa-Apple, uzoqeda isikhathi sakhe sokuphatha e-Apple futhi athathe umhlalaphansi phakathi nezinyanga ezimbalwa. Isikhundla sakhe sithathwe nguDan Riccio, owaze wahola isigaba esigxile kwi-iPad. Ezinyangeni ezimbili kamuva, abaphathi be-Apple baba noshintsho lwenhliziyo futhi kwamenyezelwa ukuthi uBob Mansfield uzohlala nenkampani futhi agcine nesiqu sephini likamongameli omkhulu. Akukacaci kahle ukuthi iMansfield inani encazelweni yakhe yomsebenzi njengoba uRiccio egcwalisa indima yakhe. Nokho, ngokusemthethweni "usebenza emikhiqizweni emisha" futhi ubika ngokuqondile kuTim Cook.
Yonke le ndaba iyaxaka, futhi ukukhanya okusha kwalethwa kuso sonke isimo ngombiko okhishwe yile nhlangano Bloomberg Businessweek. Ngonyaka owodwa ngemva kokushona kukaSteve Jobs, lo magazini washicilela isizinda sazo zonke izenzakalo ezizungeze iMansfield. Isikhulu sakwa-Apple, uTim Cook, kuthiwa ugcwele izikhalo zabasebenzi bakhe kulandela isimemezelo sokushiya kukaMansfield. Onjiniyela beqembu likaBob Mansfield kubikwa ukuthi bake bazwakalisa ukungahambisani nokushintshwa komphathi wabo, bethi uDan Riccio akakakulungeli ukuthatha indima enjalo futhi avale ngokuphelele iMansfield.
Imibhikisho ngokusobala yayinencazelo, futhi u-Tim Cook wagcina u-Bob Mansfield esigabeni se-hardware futhi akazange amehlise isikhundla esihloniphekile sokuba iphini likamongameli omkhulu. Ngokuvumelana ne Bloomberg Businessweek ngaphezu kwalokho, iMansfield ithola iholo lamaRandi ayizigidi ezimbili ngenyanga (ngokuhlanganisa ukheshi nesitoko). Iqembu lokuthuthukisa i-hardware ngokusemthethweni lingaphansi kwenduku kaDan Ricci. Kodwa-ke, akucaci ukuthi ukubambisana phakathi kuka-Riccio neMansfield kubukeka kanjani, noma ngaphansi kwaziphi izimo amaphrojekthi alesi sigaba adalwa. Akukaziwa ukuthi iMansfield ifuna ukuhlala isikhathi esingakanani enkampanini yeCupertino.
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