Amaya Toman Ingxenye yesibili kaFebhuwari 2010 yayiyingqophamlando ebaluleke kakhulu ku-Apple. Ngaleso sikhathi, Isitolo se-iTunes sasigubha ukulandwa okuhlonishwayo kwezigidigidi eziyishumi. Ngesikhathi kwethulwa le nkundla, bambalwa abebengacabanga ukuthi ngelinye ilanga ingazuza impumelelo enkulu kangaka.
Kungaba njalo okuthakaselayo
Ingoma ethi "Guess Things Happen That Way" yomculi-umbhali wamaculo waseMelika u-Johny Cash ibe ingoma enenombolo ye-serial yejubhile. Ithrekhi ithengwe umsebenzisi ogama lakhe lingu-Louie Sulcer wase-Woodstock, Georgia, futhi vele ukudawuniloda akuzange kufike ngaphandle kwekhredithi efanele evela kwa-Apple. Ngaleso sikhathi, u-Sulcer wathola ikhadi lesipho eSitolo se-iTunes elibiza u-$10, futhi waze wathola ukuhlonishwa ngendlela yocingo lomuntu siqu oluvela kuSteve Jobs ngokwakhe.
USulcer, ongubaba wezingane ezintathu kanye nomkhulu wezingane eziyisishiyagalolunye, kamuva watshela iphephabhuku i-Rolling Stone ukuthi wayengazi ngomncintiswano ka-Apple owawushisa kakhulu ngesikhathi edawuniloda leli culo. Wayithenga ngenhloso yokuhlanganisa eyakhe ingoma kaJohnny Cash, ayelungiselela indodana yakhe. Lapho uJobs embiza mathupha ukuthi uwinile, uSulcer ekuqaleni wayengakholwa ukuthi empeleni wayengumsunguli we-Apple ngakolunye uhlangothi lomugqa.
Kungaba njalo okuthakaselayo
"Wangibiza wathi, 'Lona nguSteve Jobs wase-Apple.' Ngathi, 'Yebo, impela,' USulcer utshele iphephabhuku iRolling Stone, wengeza ngokuthi enye yamadodana akhe empeleni yayithanda ukumbiza futhi ilingisa abanye abantu ngaleso sikhathi. Ngemuva kokubuza ukuthi ngubani ofonayo izikhathi eziningana, uSulcer wagcina ebonile ukuthi umazisi womshayi wayefake ohlwini "i-Apple." Kulapho-ke aqala khona ukukholwa ukuthi ucingo kungenzeka ukuthi lukhona.
Igalari yezithombe
UFebhuwari 2010 kwaba yinyanga enkulu eSitolo se-iTunes njengoba inkundla yaba ngokusemthethweni umdayisi womculo omkhulu kunawo wonke emhlabeni. Ukulanda kwe-iTunes kwezigidigidi eziyi-2003 bekungesona ingqophamlando yokuqala yokuthengisa egujwa yi-Apple. Maphakathi no-December 25, cishe izinyanga eziyisishiyagalombili ngemva kokwethulwa kwe-iTunes Music Store, i-Apple yaqopha ukulanda kwayo kwezigidi ezingu-1. Ngaleso sikhathi, kwakuyiculo elithi “Let It Snow! Vumela Kuqhwa! Let It Snow!” nguFrank Sinatra. Namuhla, i-Apple igwema kakhulu ukwenza isayensi enkulu ngezinyathelo zayo zokuthengisa. Ayisabiki ukuthengiswa ngakunye kwama-iPhone. Ngisho nalapho i-Apple yeqa uphawu oluyisigidigidi sama-iPhones athengisiwe, ayizange iwukhumbule umcimbi nganoma iyiphi indlela ebalulekile.
Uyayikhumbula ingoma yakho yokuqala elandwe ku-iTunes, noma awukaze uthenge endaweni yesikhulumi?
