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ULaurene Powell Jobs, umfelokazi kaSteve Jobs, usanda kuthola ikhompuyutha enomlando othakazelisa kakhulu njengesipho. Lena imodeli I-Apple II, eyanikelwa nguSteve Jobs ngokwakhe enhlanganweni engenzi nzuzo ngabo-1980 Seva Foundation. Kusukela lasungulwa ngo-1978, leli qembu elisiza abantulayo linikezelwe kudokotela wamehlo emazweni omhlaba wesithathu...

I-Apple II enikelwe yayibaluleke kakhulu enhlanganweni futhi yasetshenziselwa ukucubungula nokuhlaziya idatha ehlobene nemisebenzi yayo. Eminyakeni engu-33 noma ngaphezulu edlule, ikhompuyutha ibigcinwe esibhedlela e-Kathmandu, e-Nepal, isikhathi esiningi igcinwe egumbini elingaphansi lomtholampilo. Manje, ngemva kweminyaka, lesi siqeshana esingandile sibuyiselwa kunkosikazi nabantwana bakaJobs. UNksz Powell unikeze uJobs ikhompuyutha ezophawula iminyaka engu-35 yasungulwa Seva Isisekelo.

UDkt. Larry Brilliant e-Kathmandu, e-Nepal ngekhompyutha ye-Apple II enikelwe.

Kulokhu, i-Apple II ayiyona nje ingxenye engavamile yomlando wekhompyutha kanye nezimangaliso zobuchwepheshe zesikhathi sayo. Le khompyutha ibalulekile nangezinye izizathu eziningi. Lobu ngobunye bobufakazi obumbalwa bosizo lukaJobs kanye nesifiso sokusiza othile. USteve Jobs ubelokhu eqashelwa njengombonili omkhulu kanye nephayona emkhakheni wezobuchwepheshe. Kodwa ngokuqinisekile wayengeyena umuntu othanda abantu. Isibonelo, imbangi enkulu ye-Jobs, umsunguli we-Microsoft kanye nosozigidi uBill Gates udume ngezibalo zezinkanyezi azinikela njalo enhlanganweni.

Kodwa-ke, uSteve Jobs - ngokungafani nomkakhe - akakaze enze lutho olufana nalokhu futhi abaningi bachazwa njengomphathi ongenanhliziyo futhi onobugovu ogxile entweni eyodwa kuphela, u-Apple. Yile ndlela futhi uSteve Jobs achazwa ngayo ku-biography yakhe esemthethweni nguWalter Isaacson. Kodwa-ke, umngane wesikhathi eside womndeni wakwaJobs, isazi sefiziksi kanye nomsunguli wenhlangano eshiwo, akahambisani nalezi zimangalo. Seva UDkt Larry Brilliant. 

UDkt. Brilliant wazi okuningi mayelana nokuxhumana phakathi kwebhizinisi lobuchwepheshe nemisebenzi engenzi nzuzo. Wasungula ingalo ye-philanthropic yesikhondlakhondla sezokukhangisa esibizwa ngokuthi google.org futhi ungumongameli wenhlangano I-Skoll Global Threats, eyasungulwa umsunguli weseva enkulu kunazo zonke endalini eBay. Kodwa ake sibuyele emuva Seva Foundation kanye nokuxhumana kwakhe noSteve Jobs. Umhlangano phakathi kweMisebenzi noLarry Brilliant ubujabulisa kakhulu futhi ukhethekile ngokwawo. Kwenzeka ekuqaleni kwawo-70 lapho u-Steve Jobs efuna ugqozi nokukhanyiselwa ngokuhamba ngezinyawo e-Indian Himalayas. OBos kanye nekhanda eliphucile babe sebehlangana noBrilliant, owayehlala lapho ngaleso sikhathi futhi engamele ukulwa nengxibongo njengengxenye yohlelo. I-World Health Organization. 

Kamuva, uSteve Jobs wabuyela e-United States futhi wethula ngempumelelo i-Apple. Ngasekupheleni kwawo-70, uJobs wafunda ngezimpumelelo zika-Brilliant eNdiya esihlokweni sephephandaba, futhi njengoba wayesevele eba usozigidi kancane, wathumela isheke lika-Brilliant lika-$5 ukusiza ngezimali iphrojekthi entsha. Seva, umgomo wawo wawuwukulwa nolwelwesi lwamabala emazweni ampofu kakhulu. Inani belingelikhulu kakhulu, kodwa liqale igagasi leminikelo yemali evela ezinkampanini ezihlukene nakubantu, kwathi amadola ayizinkulungwane ezingama-20 angena ku-akhawunti kaBrilliant emasontweni ambalwa, okunikeze amandla ngokuphepha ukudalwa kwephrojekthi.

Ngaphezu kwemali, Imisebenzi iphinde yanikela nge-Apple II eshiwo ngenhla ku-Brilliant nayo yonke inhlangano Seva wasiza kakhulu kulo lonke uhlelo. Ngaleso sikhathi, Imisebenzi iphinde yengeza isipredishithi sangaphambi kwesikhathi kukhompuyutha I-VisiCalc kanye nediski yangaphandle yomthamo owawungakaze ubonwe ngaleso sikhathi. NgokukaBrilliant, Imisebenzi yathi ngaleso sikhathi inkumbulo enjalo ayinakwenzeka. Phela, kwakungamamegabhayithi angu-5!

Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi i-Apple II enikelwe yadlala indima ebaluleke kakhulu ekuthuthukisweni kokuxhumana nge-inthanethi. Indiza enophephela emhlane eyayithutha odokotela bamehlo abaningana kwake kwadingeka ukuba ifike ngokushesha eduze kwaseNepal ngenxa yokungasebenzi kwenjini. UDokotela Brilliant wasebenzisa i-Apple II ngaleso sikhathi, ukunika amandla ingxoxo ye-elekthronikhi nomkhiqizi wendiza engujekamanzi ephahlazekile, ozakwabo eMichigan, kanye nezikhulu zisebenzisa imodemu yakudala I-World Health Organization. Ngosizo lwawo wonke umuntu ohilelekile, waxazulula ukulungiswa kwendiza enophephela emhlane futhi konke ukuxhumana kwenzeka nge-inthanethi nangekhibhodi, okwakungakaze kuzwakale ngaleso sikhathi. UBrilliant ubheka lo mcimbi njengogqozi olukhulu olwamholela kamuva ukuthi aqale inkonzo yezokuxhumana Kahle.

UDkt. Brilliant kuthiwa uqinisekile kuze kube yilolu suku ukuthi ukube uSteve Jobs akazange ashone ngaphambi kwesikhathi esingaka, ngokuqinisekile ubeyogxila emisebenzini yokupha kusenesikhathi. Uma sibheka izingxoxo eziningi abenazo noJob phambilini. Nokho, ngesikhathi sokuphila kwakhe, Imisebenzi igxile ku-Apple kuphela, imemezela:

Yinye kuphela into engingayenza kahle. Ngicabanga ukuthi ngingawusiza umhlaba ngayo kanye lento.

Umthombo: bits.blogs.nytimes.com
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