Philip Houska Isikhulu esiphezulu se-Apple u-Tim Cook ngesikhathi sohambo lwakhe oluya e-Italy, lapho, phakathi kwezinye izinto, ahlangane nabathuthukisi kulo mcimbi ukuvulwa kwesikhungo esisha sonjiniyela we-iOS, bahlangana eVatican nenhloko yeSonto LamaKatolika, uPapa Francis. Phakathi nosuku lwangoLwesihlanu, babexhumana isikhathi esingaba yikota yehora, bonke bezungezwe “amaqembu abo siqu” namakhamera.
U-Cook bekungeyena yedwa umuntu wezobuchwepheshe owahlangana noPapa. Usihlalo omkhulu wenkampani ephethe i-Alphabet Inc. naye ushintshisane ngemisho embalwa nombhishobhi wenhloko-dolobha yase-Italy. (i-Google iwela ngaphansi kwayo) u-Eric Schmidt.
Akwaziwa ukuthi uPhapha uzimisele ngokungena yini kwezobuchwepheshe, kodwa selokhu akhethwa ngo-2013 ubelokhu esebenzisa izinsiza ezifana ne-Google Hangouts ukuxhumana nezingane emhlabeni wonke noma kuTwitter, azisebenzisayo ukusabalalisa izingcaphuno zezintshumayelo zakhe. Ngaphandle kwalokho, noma kunjalo, inqanyuliwe ezinsizakalweni zezobuchwepheshe ngendlela ethile.
Lokhu kufakazelwa nayisimo lapho ingane engashiwongo igama layo imbuza ngesikhathi sokuxhumana kwe-Hangouts ngonyaka odlule ukuthi angathanda yini ukulondoloza izithombe azithatha ekhompyutheni yakhe. “Uma ngikhuluma iqiniso, angiwazi kahle. Angazi ukusebenza ngekhompyutha, okuyihlazo impela,” kuphendula uBungcwele.
Kodwa-ke, unombono omuhle ngobuchwepheshe ngokujwayelekile futhi uye wabukhuthaza njengethuluzi lokufundisa labo abanenkinga yokukhubazeka okuthile. Phakathi kwezinye izinto, wamemezela ukuthi i-Internet “iyisipho esivela kuNkulunkulu”.
Kuhle ukuhlangana nonjiniyela base-Italy abanekhono namuhla @matteorenzi eRoma pic.twitter.com/2DcRPMYNHD
- U-Tim Cook (@t_cook) 22 January 2016
Kungaqashelwa ukuthi inkundla yezokuxhumana ayintandokazi yi-Twitter, njengoba ekhuluma ngenkuthalo futhi ephawula ngezenzakalo zomhlaba zamanje nezingxabano ku-akhawunti yakhe. Izindlela azikhonzile “zoku-tweeting” kuthiwa yi-iPad, ayisebenzisela ukusevisa ngokugcwele i-akhawunti yakhe ngaphansi kwegama I-Pontifex. Elinye iqiniso elithakazelisayo ukuthi ithebhulethi yakhe yangaphambilini yathengiswa nge-$ 30 (cishe imiqhele ye-500) futhi yonke imali yaya ekusizeni.
Phakathi nengxoxo yemizuzu eyishumi nanhlanu noCook, akuqiniseki kahle ukuthi bakhulume ngani, kodwa bobabili basanda kuhlanganyela ezindabeni ezinjengamalungelo abantu abathandana nezitabane, ngakho-ke lokhu bekungaba ngesinye sezihloko okuxoxwe ngazo. Kuyaziwa ukuthi umqondisi omkhulu we-Apple ngo-2014 wavuma ubutabane bakhe, "ukusekela" labo abalahlwa ngenxa yokuma kwabo.
Nokho, inhloko yesonto kwakungeyena yedwa isikhulu esiphezulu uCook ahlangane naso esontweni elidlule. Ubuye wakhuluma kafushane noNdunankulu wase-Italy uMatteo Renzi, futhi umhlangano wakhe waseBrussels noMargrethe Vestager, uKhomishana waseYurophu Wokuncintisana Kwezomnotho e-European Commission, wawubalulekile.
U-Cook no-Vestager baxoxisane ngecala lamanje e-Ireland, lapho inkampani yaseCalifornia isolwa ngokungakhokhi intela futhi uma uphenyo luqinisekisa imisebenzi engekho emthethweni, i-Apple isatshiswa ngokuthi kufanele ibuyisele imali engaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-8 zamaRandi. Umphumela wophenyo ungaziwa ngoMashi, nokho u-Apple usaqhubeka nokuphika noma yikuphi ukwenza okubi.
