Amaya Toman Kwakungomhla zi-2 kuNhlolanja, 1996. I-Apple yayisenkathini yayo ethi "Jobless" futhi yayidonsa kanzima. Akekho owamangala kakhulu ngokuthi lesi simo sasidinga ushintsho olukhulu kubaphathi, futhi uMichael "Diesel" Spindler washintshwa esikhundleni senhloko yenkampani nguGil Amelio.
Kungaba njalo okuthakaselayo
Ngenxa yokuthengiswa kwe-Mac okudumazayo, isu le-Mac cloning eliyingozi, kanye nokuhlanganiswa okuhlulekile ne-Sun Microsystems, uSpindler wacelwa ukuthi asule ibhodi labaqondisi bakwa-Apple. U-Amelio okwakucatshangwa ukuthi uyinkampani wabe eseqokwa esikhundleni sokuba yi-CEO eCupertino. Ngeshwa, kwavela ukuthi kwakungeyona intuthuko ephawulekayo phezu kwe-Spindler.
I-Apple ayizange ibe lula ngeminyaka yawo-90. Wazama imigqa eminingi yomkhiqizo omusha futhi wenza konke ukuze ahlale emakethe. Ngokuqinisekile akunakusho ukuthi wayengenandaba nemikhiqizo yakhe, kodwa imizamo yakhe ayizange ihlangabezane nempumelelo ayeyifuna. Ukuze angahlupheki ngokwezimali, u-Apple wayengesabi ukuthatha izinyathelo ezinqala kakhulu. Ngemva kokuthatha isikhundla sika-John Sculley njengo-CEO ngoJuni 1993, uSpindler wanquma ngokushesha abasebenzi kanye namaphrojekthi ocwaningo nentuthuko ayengeke akhokhe esikhathini esiseduze. Ngenxa yalokho, i-Apple ikhule amakota ambalwa ilandelana - futhi intengo yayo yesitoko iphindwe kabili.
Kungaba njalo okuthakaselayo
U-Spindler uphinde wengamela ukwethulwa ngempumelelo kwe-Power Mac, ehlela ukugxila kabusha i-Apple ekwandiseni okukhulu kwe-Mac. Kodwa-ke, isu likaSpindler lokuthengisa ama-clone e-Mac libonakale lidabukisa i-Apple. Inkampani ye-Cupertino ilayisense ubuchwepheshe be-Mac kubakhiqizi bezinkampani zangaphandle njenge-Power Computing neRadius. Kwakubonakala kuwumqondo omuhle ngokombono, kodwa kwahlehla. Umphumela wawungewona ama-Mac amaningi, kodwa ama-clone e-Mac ashibhile, anciphisa inzuzo ye-Apple. I-hardware yakwa-Apple nayo ibhekane nezinkinga - abanye bangase bakhumbule indaba yokuthi izincwadi zokubhalela ze-PowerBook 5300 zivutha umlilo.
Igalari yezithombe
Lapho ukuhlanganiswa okungenzeka ne-Sun Microsystems kwehla, uSpindler wazithola esephumile emdlalweni e-Apple. Ibhodi alizange limnike ithuba lokuguqula izinto. Umlandeli kaSpindler uGil Amelio ufike nedumela eliqinile. Phakathi nesikhathi sakhe njenge-CEO ye-National Semiconductor, wathatha inkampani eyayilahlekelwe amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-320 eminyakeni emine wayishintsha yaba inzuzo.
Wayenesizinda esiqinile sobunjiniyela. Njengomfundi odokotela, wabamba iqhaza ekusungulweni kwedivayisi ye-CCD, eyaba yisisekelo sezikena zesikhathi esizayo namakhamera edijithali. NgoNovemba 1994, waba yilungu lebhodi labaqondisi bakwa-Apple. Kodwa-ke, ukuphatha kukaGil Amelia enhloko yenkampani kwaba nenzuzo eyodwa ebalulekile - ngaphansi kobuholi bakhe, u-Apple wathenga i-NeXT, eyenza uSteve Jobs abuyele eCupertino ngo-1997.
