Azikho ezinye izindaba ezinyakazisa umhlaba wezobuchwepheshe namuhla ngaphandle kokuthi iMicrosoft ithenga isigaba samaselula sakwaNokia ngama-euro ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-5,44. Lona umzamo weMicrosoft wokuhlanganisa izingxenyekazi zekhompuyutha zeWindows Phone kanye nesofthiwe. Inkampani eseRedmond izophinde ithole ukufinyelela ezinsizeni zemephu, amalungelo obunikazi akwaNokia kanye nelayisense yobuchwepheshe be-chip kwaQualcomm…
UStephen Elop (kwesobunxele) noSteve Ballmer
Indaba enkulu iza kungakapheli amasonto amabili ehambile njengesikhulu esiphezulu seMicrosoft kumemezele uSteve Ballmer. Kumelwe aphele ezinyangeni eziyishumi nambili ezizayo, lapho kutholakala ozongena esikhundleni sakhe.
Ngenxa yokutholwa kwesigaba seselula sakwaNokia, iMicrosoft izokwazi ukulawula iphothifoliyo ephelele yohlobo lwaseFinland yama-smartphones, okusho ukuthi ngaphezu kwesoftware (iWindows Phone), manje izogcina ilawula i-Hardware, ngokwesibonelo, ngokulandela isibonelo I-apula. Isivumelwano sonke kufanele sivalwe ngekota yokuqala ka-2014, lapho abakwaNokia bezoqoqa ama-euro ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-3,79 engxenyeni yeselula kanye nama-euro ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-1,65 kumalungelo awo obunikazi.
Abasebenzi abangu-32 bakwaNokia nabo bazothuthela eRedmond, okuhlanganisa noStephen Elop, umqondisi omkhulu kwaNokia. Lona oseMicrosoft, lapho ayesebenze khona ngaphambi kokuza kwaNokia, manje usezohola uphiko lweselula, nokho, kunokuqagela ukuthi kungaba nguyena ozovala isikhala sikaSteve Ballmer esikhundleni sokuba yinhloko yeMicrosoft. Nokho, kuze kube yilapho konke ukutholwa kungcwelisiwe, i-Elop ngeke ibuyele ku-Microsoft kunoma yisiphi isimo.
Izindaba mayelana nakho konke ukutholwa zifike ngokungalindelekile, nokho, ngokombono weMicrosoft, kuwumnyakazo olindelwe. I-Microsoft kubikwa ukuthi izamile ukuthenga isigaba samaselula sakwaNokia ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule futhi ibona ukuphothulwa kwayo ngempumelelo njengesinyathelo esibalulekile ekuguquleni yonke inkampani, lapho iMicrosoft izoba yinkampani ekhiqiza eyayo imishini kanye nesoftware.
Kuze kube manje, iMicrosoft ayizange iphumelele kakhulu ukuncintisana nabadlali ababili abakhulu emkhakheni we-smartphone. Zombili i-Google ne-Android yayo ne-Apple ne-iOS yayo zisengaphambili kakhulu kune-Windows Phone. Kuze kube manje, lolu hlelo lokusebenza luthole impumelelo enkulu kuphela kuNokia's Lumia, futhi iMicrosoft izofuna ukwakhela phezu kwale mpumelelo. Kodwa ukuthi uzophumelela yini ekwakheni i-ecosystem ezinzile futhi eqinile, elandela isibonelo sika-Apple, enikeza i-hardware edidiyelwe kanye nesofthiwe, nokuthi ngabe ukubheja ku-Nokia kuyisinyathelo esihle, kuzoboniswa kuphela ezinyangeni ezizayo, mhlawumbe iminyaka.
Iqiniso elithokozisayo ukuthi ngemuva kokushintshwa kwesigaba seselula sakwaNokia ngaphansi kwamaphiko eMicrosoft, i-smartphone entsha yakwaNokia ayisoze yakubona ukukhanya kosuku. Imikhiqizo ye-"Asha" kanye ne-"Lumia" kuphela eza e-Redmond ivela e-Finland, i-"Nokia" isalokhu ingeyenkampani yase-Finnish futhi ayisakhiqizi amafoni ahlakaniphile.
uma ngibheka lawo madoda amabili agqoke amasudi ezitulweni zotshwala, ngikhumbula izwi elavela kuTwitter ngesikhathi abakwaNokia bebhalisela iNdebe Yomhlaba eminyakeni emibili edlule - "amaturkeys amabili awalwenzi ukhozi olulodwa" - manje sesiyibhale ngezithombe :)))
Ngisekela wonke umuntu ofuna ukudala okuthile... ukuncintisana kunempilo... kuyihlazo ukuthi igama likaNokia liyaphela... ngichithe iminyaka eyishumi ngijabule nalo....
"Ilandela isibonelo se-Apple, ifuna ukuxhuma i-hardware yayo nesofthiwe" ... ukuthi labo abathintekayo bazobuka ifilimu ethi JOBS™ ?