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Umnyango wezomthetho wakwa-Apple ungaphefumula, okungenani isikhashana. NgoMgqibelo odlule, abamele i-European Commission bavale uphenyo oluphindwe kabili olwenziwe ngokumelene nenkampani. Zombili lezi zinsolo zibandakanya i-iPhone.

NgoJuni walo nyaka, i-Apple yethula inguqulo entsha ye-iOS 4 kanye nemvelo yokuthuthukiswa kwe-SDK. Okusha, bekungenzeka kuphela ukubhala ngezilimi zomdabu i-Objective-C, C, C++ noma iJavaScript. Abahlanganisi be-Cross-platform abafakwanga ekuthuthukisweni kwezicelo. I-Adobe ithintwe kakhulu ukuvinjelwa. Uhlelo lwe-Flash lufake phakathi Iphakheji ye-iPhone compiler. Wayeguqulela izinhlelo zokusebenza ze-Flash zibe ifomethi ye-iPhone. Ukuvinjelwa kwe-Apple kwengeze uphethiloli ezingxabanweni ezifanayo ne-Adobe futhi kwaba isihloko sentshisekelo yeKhomishini YaseYurophu. Iqale ukuphenya ukuthi imakethe evulekile ayivinjwa yini uma abathuthukisi bephoqeleka ukuthi basebenzise i-Apple SDK kuphela. Maphakathi noSepthemba, i-Apple yashintsha isivumelwano selayisense, yavumela ukusetshenziswa kwabahlanganisi futhi nokubeka imithetho ecacile yokwamukela izicelo ku-App Store.

Uphenyo lwesibili olwenziwa yi-European Commission luthinta inqubo yokulungiswa kwewaranti yama-iPhones. U-Apple ubeke umbandela wokuthi amafoni angaphansi kwewaranti angakhandwa kuphela emazweni lapho athengwe khona. I-European Commission izwakalise ukukhathazeka kwayo. Ngokusho kwakhe, lesi simo sizoholela "ekuhlukaneni kwemakethe". Kuphela usongo lwenhlawulo efinyelela ku-10% wesamba semali engenayo yonyaka ye-Apple okuphoqe inkampani ukuthi ihlehle. Ngakho-ke uma uthenge i-iPhone entsha e-European Union, ungafuna iwaranti ewela umngcele kunoma iliphi izwe eliyilungu le-EU. Umbandela kuphela isikhalazo esikhungweni sesevisi esigunyaziwe.

U-Apple uzojabula ngesitatimende se-European Commission ngoMgqibelo. "UKhomishani WaseYurophu Wokuncintisana, u-Joaquion Almunia, uyasamukela isimemezelo se-Apple emkhakheni wokuthuthukiswa kwezicelo ze-iPhone kanye nokwethulwa kwesiqinisekiso sewaranti ewela umngcele ezifundazweni ze-EU. Ngenxa yalezi zinguquko ikhomishini ihlose ukuvala uphenyo lwayo ngalezi zindaba.”

Kubonakala sengathi i-Apple ingalalela amakhasimende ayo. Futhi bezwa kangcono uma kukhona usongo lokujeziswa kwezomnotho.

Umthombo: www.reuters.com

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