Amaya Toman Inkundla ye-iTunes, noma i-iTunes Music Store, ekuqaleni yayihloselwe abanikazi be-Mac kuphela. Ushintsho olukhulu lweza ngemva kwezinyanga ezimbalwa ekwindla ka-2003, lapho i-Apple yenza le sevisi itholakale kubanikazi bamakhompyutha anesistimu yokusebenza ye-Windows. Impendulo enhle ayizange ithathe isikhathi eside, futhi i-Apple yakwazi ukusetha irekhodi elisha lokuthengiswa komculo wedijithali ngendlela yokulandwa kwezigidi ezingu-1,5 ngesonto elilodwa.
Kungaba njalo okuthakaselayo
Ukwenza i-iTunes itholakale kubasebenzisi be-Windows kwavula imakethe entsha, enenzuzo ye-Apple. Ukuthengiswa kwamarekhodi kuphindwe kahlanu kunokulandwa okungu-300 okuzuzile UNapster evikini layo lokuqala, futhi cishe kabili ukulanda okungu-600 ngeviki okwabikwa yi-Apple ngisho nangaphambi kokwethulwa kwe-iTunes ku-Windows.
Kungaba njalo okuthakaselayo
Ukundiza emhlabeni wonke nge-Apple Isitolo Somculo se-iTunes sivele ku-Windows izinyanga eziyisithupha ezigcwele ngemuva kokwethulwa ku-Mac. Esinye sezizathu zokubambezeleka? Owayengu-CEO wakwa-Apple ngaleso sikhathi uSteve Jobs wayemanqikanqika ukuqeda ukuhluka kwe-iTunes. Ngaleso sikhathi, Imisebenzi yatshela abameleli bakhe ngaleso sikhathi—uPhil Schiller, uJon Rubinstein, uJeff Robbin, noTony Fadell—ukuthi i-iTunes ne-iPod zazisiza ukukhulisa ukuthengiswa kwe-Mac. Abanye abaphathi baphikisana nale ngxabano ngokukhomba ukuthi ukwehla kokuthengiswa kwe-Mac akusoze kwanciphisa inzuzo ekuthengisweni okwandisiwe kwe-iPod. Ekugcineni, baqinisekisa uMisebenzi - futhi benza kahle. Kulo mongo, nokho, Imisebenzi ayizange izixolele ngokuphawula ukuthi ukwenza isevisi efana ne-iTunes itholakale kubasebenzisi beWindows kwakufana. "nika umuntu osesihogweni ingilazi yamanzi eqhwa". Ngo-2003, isevisi yomculo yakwa-Apple yayikhula ngezinga elimangalisayo. Ngo-August 2004 wafinyelela kukhathalogi iTunes Music Store Amathrekhi ayizigidi ezingu-1 e-United States, eyokuqala yesevisi yomculo eku-inthanethi, futhi afinyelele ukulandwa okungaphezu kwezigidi eziyi-100.
Igalari yezithombe
Kumele kuqashelwe ukuthi abantu abaningi abazange bathembele iTunes ekuqaleni. Abathwali bomculo ophathekayo bekusathandwa kakhulu, kuyilapho abanye abasebenzisi bencamela ukulanda umculo wedijithali ngokungemthetho nge-P2P ehlukahlukene nezinye izinkonzo. Eminyakeni embalwa nje kamuva, iSitolo Somculo se-iTunes sagcina sesingumdayisi wesibili omkhulu womculo e-United States, nesikhondlakhondla sezitolo i-Wal-Mart esasisesikhundleni segolide ngaleso sikhathi.
