Amaya Toman NgoSepthemba 2, 1985, kwaqala ukuqagela ukuthi uSteve Jobs, owayeshiye i-Apple muva nje, wayesungula inkampani yakhe, okufanele iqhudelane nenkampani yaseCupertino. Isizinda sokukhula kwalokhu kuqagela kwaba, phakathi kokunye, izindaba zokuthi uJobs uthengise amasheya akhe “e-aphula” abiza u-$21,34 wezigidi.
Ukuthi Imisebenzi ingase ivalelise ku-Apple kwaqala ukuqagelwa ngesikhathi ekhululwa esikhundleni sakhe sokuphatha esigabeni seMacintosh. Lesi sinyathelo sasiyingxenye yokuhlelwa kabusha okuhlanzekile okwakuhlelwe yi-CEO yangaleso sikhathi uJohn Sculley futhi kwafika nje unyaka nesigamu ngemuva kokuthi iMac yokuqala idayiswe. Ithole ukubuyekezwa okuhle ngokujwayelekile, kepha i-Apple ayizange ineliseke ngokuthengisa.
NgoJulayi, Imisebenzi ithengise amasheya angu-850 e-Apple ngezigidi ezingu-14 zamaRandi, okulandelwa ukuthengiswa kwamanye amasheya ayingxenye yesigidi ngo-$22 wezigidi ngo-Agasti 7,43.
"Inani elikhulu lamasheya kanye nokulinganisa kwawo okuphezulu kubangela ukuqagela kwemboni ukuthi imisebenzi ingase iqale ibhizinisi layo maduzane futhi ingase imeme abasebenzi bamanje bakwa-Apple ukuthi bamjoyine," wabhala i-InfoWorld ngoSepthemba 2, 1985.
Kwafihlwa kwabezindaba ukuthi uSteve Jobs waba nomhlangano obalulekile ngoSepthemba walowo nyaka nomzuzi kaNobel uPaul Berg, owayeneminyaka engamashumi ayisithupha ngaleso sikhathi futhi esebenza njengesazi samakhemikhali ezinto eziphilayo eStanford University. Phakathi nomhlangano, uBerg watshela uJobs ngocwaningo lwezakhi zofuzo, futhi lapho uJobs ekhuluma ngokuthi kungenzeka ukulingisa ikhompyutha, kubikwa ukuthi amehlo kaBerg akhanya. Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa kamuva, i-NeXT yasungulwa.
Uyazibuza ukuthi ukudalwa kwayo kuhlobene kanjani nomhlangano oshiwo ngenhla? Imisebenzi ibihlelelwe ukukhiqiza amakhompyutha ngezinjongo zemfundo njengengxenye ye-NeXT. Nakuba igcine ihlulekile, i-NeXT yaqala inkathi entsha emsebenzini we-Jobs futhi ayizange imemezele nje kuphela ukubuya kwakhe e-Apple, kodwa ekugcineni ukuvuswa kwenkampani ye-Apple moribund emlotheni.
