Vala isikhangiso

Ezinsukwini eziyi-14 ezedlule, iMicrosoft ibilokhu isematheni. Umcimbi wokuqala kwaba isimemezelo sokushiya kukaSteve Ballmer kubaphathi benkampani, isenzo sesibili ukuthengwa kweNokia.

Ekuqaleni kwawo-80, i-Apple ne-Microsoft yaba uphawu lwenkathi entsha, amaphayona ekwethulweni kwamakhompiyutha (amakhompyutha womuntu siqu) ekuphileni kwansuku zonke. Kodwa-ke, inkampani ngayinye eshiwo yakhetha indlela ehluke kancane. I-Apple yakhetha isistimu ebiza kakhulu, evaliwe ene-hardware yayo, ekuqaleni eyayizikhiqizela yona. Awusoze wenze iphutha ngekhompyutha ye-Mac ngenxa yokwakheka kwayo kwasekuqaleni. I-Microsoft, ngakolunye uhlangothi, yenza cishe kuphela isofthiwe eshibhile kubantu abaningi engase isetshenziswe kunoma iyiphi ingxenye yehadiwe. Umphumela wokulwa uyaziwa. IWindows isiphenduke isistimu yokusebenza ehamba phambili emakethe yamakhompyutha.

Ngiyayithanda le nkampani

Po isimemezelo sokusula kwenhloko yeMicrosoft waqala ukuqagela ukuthi inkampani kuzofanele ihlele kabusha nokuthi i-Apple kufanele ibe yimodeli kulo mzamo. Izohlukaniswa ngezigaba eziningana, ukuncintisana nomunye nomunye ... Ngeshwa, ngisho noma inkampani iqala ukusebenzisa lezi zinyathelo, ayikwazi ukukopisha ukusebenza nesakhiwo se-Apple. Isiko lebhizinisi le-Microsoft kanye nendlela ethile yokucabanga (ethunjiweyo) ngeke ishintshe ngokuphazima kweso. Izinqumo ezimqoka ziza kancane kakhulu, inkampani isahlomula esikhathini esedlule. I-Inertia izogcina i-juggernaut ye-Redmond iqhubekela phambili iminyaka embalwa eyengeziwe, kodwa yonke imizamo yakamuva (ephelelwe yithemba) ku-hardware yangaphambili ibonisa ukuthi i-Microsoft ibanjwe ibhulukwe liphansi. Nakuba u-Ballmer eqinisekise ukukhula kwesikhathi eside kanye nemali engenayo yenkampani, usenawo umbono wesikhathi eside wekusasa. Ngenkathi bephumula ekubambeni kwabo eMicrosoft, i-bandwagon yokuncintisana yaqala ukunyamalala kude.

Kin One, Kin Two, Nokia Three...

Ngo-2010, iMicrosoft yazama ukwethula izinhlobo zayo zocingo ezimbili, iKin One kanye neKin Two, kodwa yehluleka. Amadivayisi ahloselwe isizukulwane se-Facebook ahoxisiwe ekuthengisweni ezinsukwini ezingama-48, futhi inkampani yacwilisa amaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-240 kule phrojekthi. Inkampani ye-Cupertino iphinde yashisa izikhathi eziningana ngemikhiqizo yayo (QuickTake, Mac Cube ...), amakhasimende ayengazange ayamukele njengeyabo, kodwa imiphumela ayizange ibe yingozi njengalabo ababeqhudelana nabo.

Isizathu sokuthengwa kweNokia kuthiwa isifiso seMicrosoft sokwakha i-ecosystem yayo exhumene (efana ne-Apple), ukusheshisa ukusungulwa kanye nokulawula okwengeziwe ekukhiqizeni amafoni ngokwawo. Ngakho-ke ukuze ngikwazi ukwenza amafoni ngithenga imboni yonke ngalokho? Abafana baseCupertino bayixazulula kanjani inkinga efanayo? Baklama futhi bathuthukise iphrosesa yabo, badale idizayini yabo ye-iPhone. Bathenga izingxenye ngobuningi futhi bakhiphe izinsiza kubalingani babo bebhizinisi.

I-flop yokuphatha

UStephen Elop usebenze kwaMicrosoft kusukela ngo-2008. Ube ngumqondisi wakwaNokia kusukela ngo-2010. Ngo-September 3, 2013, kwamenyezelwa ukuthi IMicrosoft izothenga isigaba samaselula sakwaNokia. Ngemuva kokuqedwa kokuhlanganiswa, u-Elop kulindeleke ukuthi abe yiphini likamongameli omkhulu kwaMicrosoft. Kunokuqagela ukuthi angase anqobe isihlalo ngemuva kukaSteve Ballmer ophumayo. Ingabe lokho akuyisizi iMicrosoft iphume echibini elicatshangelwayo ngaphansi kodoti?

Ngaphambi kokuthi u-Elop eze kwaNokia, inkampani yayingenzi kahle, yingakho lokho okubizwa ngokuthi ukudla kweMicrosoft kwaqaliswa. Ingxenye yendawo ithengisiwe, amasistimu wokusebenza we-Symbian kanye ne-MeGoo asikwa, kwafakwa iWindows Phone.

Vumela izinombolo zikhulume. Ngo-2011, abasebenzi abangu-11 baxoshwa, abangu-000 babo bazongena ngaphansi kophiko lwe-Microsoft Kusukela ngo-32 kuya ku-000, inani lesitoko lehle ngo-2010%, intengo yemakethe yenkampani isuka ku-2013 billion dollar kuya ku-85 billion kuphela. IMicrosoft izoyikhokhela imali engu-56 billion. Isabelo emakethe yeselula sehle sisuka ku-15% saya ku-7,2%, kuma-smartphone sisuka ku-23,4% sangempela saya ku-14,8%.

Angilokothi ngiphonse ibhola elicwebezelayo futhi ngithi izenzo zamanje zeMicrosoft zizoholela ekufeni kwayo kokugcina nokungenakugwemeka. Imiphumela yazo zonke izinqumo zamanje izobonakala kuphela eminyakeni embalwa.

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