Amaya Toman Ukufika kwe-iPad kwavusa isasasa phakathi komphakathi jikelele. Umhlaba wakhangwa ithebhulethi elula, ebukeka kahle enesikrini sokuthinta kanye nezici ezinhle. Kodwa kwakukhona okuhlukile - omunye wabo wayengeyena omunye ngaphandle kukaBill Gates, umsunguli weMicrosoft, owavele waphakamisa amahlombe akhe ku-iPad.
"Akukho lutho ku-iPad engilubukayo bese ngithi, 'O, ngifisa sengathi iMicrosoft ingakwenza lokhu,'" kusho uBill Gates ngenkathi edingida ithebhulethi entsha ye-Apple ngoFebhuwari 11, 2010. Ngokuphawula okungenakho ukujabula okukhulu, uBill Gates. ifike emasontweni amabili nje uSteve Jobs ethule esidlangalaleni i-iPad emhlabeni.
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Ngaleso sikhathi ebuyekeza i-iPad, uBill Gates wayekhathazeke kakhulu nge-philanthropy ngezindleko zobuchwepheshe. Ngaleso sikhathi, wayengakaze abambe isikhundla sokuba yi-CEO iminyaka eyishumi. Noma kunjalo, intatheli u-Brent Schlender, phakathi kwezinye izinto futhi eyengamele ingxoxo yokuqala ehlangene phakathi kweMisebenzi noGates, yambuza mayelana "negajethi" yakamuva evela kwa-Apple.
Esikhathini esidlule, uBill Gates wayenesithakazelo ekuthuthukisweni nasekukhiqizeni amaphilisi - ngo-2001, inkampani yakhe yakhiqiza umugqa we-Microsoft Tablet PC, okwakuwumqondo "wekhompyutha ephathekayo" enekhibhodi eyengeziwe kanye ne-stylus, kodwa ekugcineni. akuphumelelanga kakhulu.
"Uyazi, ngingumuntu othanda ukulawula ukuthintana nokufunda ngedijithali, kodwa ngisacabanga ukuthi okujwayelekile kulokhu kuzoba inhlanganisela yezwi, ipeni kanye nekhibhodi yangempela - ngamanye amazwi, i-netbook," uGates. wezwakala esho ngaleso sikhathi. "Akufani nokuthi ngihlezi lapha ngizizwa ngendlela efanayo lapho i-iPhone iphuma futhi nganginjengokuthi, 'Nkulunkulu wami, iMicrosoft ayizange ihlose ukuphakama ngokwanele.' Ungumfundi omuhle, kepha akukho lutho ku-iPad engikubukayo futhi ngicabanga, 'O, ngifisa sengathi iMicrosoft ingakwenza lokhu'.
Abasekeli bezempi benkampani yama-apula nemikhiqizo yayo ngokuqondakalayo bazigxeka ngokushesha izitatimende zikaBill Gates. Ngezizathu eziqondakalayo, akukuhle ukubona i-iPad “njengesifundi” nje - ubufakazi bamandla ayo ijubane lokuqoshwa ithebhulethi ye-apula eyaba ngayo umkhiqizo omusha odayiswa kakhulu ovela kwa-Apple. Kodwa akusizi ukufuna incazelo ejulile ngemuva kwamagama kaGates. Kafushane, uGates usanda kuveza umbono wakhe futhi wayenephutha kakhulu ekubikezeleni impumelelo (yokwehluleka) kwethebhulethi. Isikhulu seMicrosoft uSteve Ballmers wenze iphutha elifanayo lapho wake wacishe wahleka i-iPhone.
Futhi ngandlela thize, uBill Gates wayeqinisile lapho ekhipha isahlulelo sakhe ku-iPad - naphezu kwenqubekelaphambili ehlobene, i-Apple yayisenendlela ende yokuzama ukuletha ithebhulethi yayo ephumelelayo ekupheleleni kwangempela.
