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O iPod ivame ukubizwa ngokuthi enye ye- okubaluleke kakhulu a abaphumelele kakhulu imikhiqizo yenkathi entsha ye-Apple. Namuhla, i-iPod ithandwa kakhulu engajabule - abasebenzisi bancamela ukulalela umculo ngezinhlelo zokusebenza izinsiza zokusakaza ngokwabo amafoni ahlakaniphile. Emuva lapho i-iPhone isewumculo wesikhathi esizayo esikude, babikezela amanye ama-iPod avela ku-Apple ikusasa elihlet ngenkathi iqhwa babenjalo ngokungangabazi. Owayeyinhloko ye-Microsoft naye wayengoweqembu lesibili Bill Gates. Wayeqinisile?

V May 2005 bekuyi-iPod emhlabeni isikhathi eside, ngenkathi iqhubeka iPhone kwadingeka sichithe isikhathi esithile linda. Bill Gates enikeziwe ngaleso sikhathi Ingxoxo kumaphephandaba aseJalimane, naphakathi kwamanye kuwo wavuma, leyo iPod enayo okungenzeka abe kakhulu ngempela umkhiqizo ophumelelayo. Kodwa le mpumelelo ngokusho kukaGates ngeke kube babe isikhathi eside. Ubenayo iqiniso – wabikezela ukuthi isabelo semakethe sika-si esikhathini esizayo ukuqhwaga omakhalekhukhwini abahlakaniphile. "Nakuba i-Apple ingaba muhle, angikholwa ukuthi impumelelo ye-iPod ingasimama ngokuhamba kwesikhathi," kusho uGates ngaleso sikhathi kwinhlolokhono Allgemeine Zeitung. Konke isimo uma kuqhathaniswa nempumelelo ye-Apple emakethe ngekhompyuthai:"I-Apple ibe nesikhundla esiqine kakhulu kulo mkhakha esikhathini esidlule," wakhumbula, ecaphuna i-Macintosh yasekuqaleni enesithombe esibonakalayo somsebenzisi njengesibonelo. "Kodwa wabe eselahlekelwa isikhundla sakhe." Omakhalekhukhwini NgokukaGates, ikusasa kufanele libe neziningi kangaka imisebenzi a amakhono, ukuthi kancane kancane ngaphandle kwezinkinga bhubhisa imakethe enabadlali beMP3.

Abasekeli ye-Apple - futhi mhlawumbe neyakhe abasebenzi - ngaleso sikhathi babona isitatimende sikaGates kakhulu amagilebhisi amuncu. Indima yakho ku ukungabaza iqiniso lokuthi uGates kakade ngaleso sikhathi wadlala indima esitatimendeni sakhe wayengekho jikelele umqondisi IMicrosoft, kanti abanye bebejwayele unganamathiseli amazwi akhe isisindo esikhulu. Ngaphambili ngokufika kwabadlali beMP3 abadlali bajabulele ukuthandwa okukhulu ngokomzimba abathwali bomculo. Isibonelo, inkampani yaphumelela kakhulu kulo mkhakha Sony, esidayiswe phakathi neminyaka engu-25 340 million ama-Walkmans abo. Apple wayene-akhawunti yakhe ngaleso sikhathi 15 million Ama-iPod athengisiwe, njalo njalo ochwepheshe wayeqiniseka ukuthi abadlali bakhe babengaphambi kwakhe eside futhi uphumelele esizayo. Steve Jobs ngokusobala okwabiwe Umbono kaGates we esizayo abadlali bomculo namaselula. Emuva ngosuku lapho Ukuthengiswa kwe-iPod kwakheka 45% wemali engenayo ka-Apple, waphetha isivumelwano nenkampani Samsung – bekufanele kube umphumela walesi sivumelwano iselula ifoni nge-iTunes. Owagcina elindelwe akaphumelelanga, kanye ne-Apple yakhe kuphele ukwesekwa unyaka owodwa ngaphambi kokufika kwe-iPhone yokuqala.

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