Amaya Toman Kube khona, kukhona futhi kuzoba nezilinganiso eziningi ezixakile, amahlebezi kanye nokuqagela mayelana ne-Apple. Omunye wabo, owaqala ukukhuluma ngawo engxenyeni yesibili ka-April 1995, wakhuluma ngokuthi inkampani yeCanon yayihlela ukuthengwa okuphelele noma okuyingxenye kwe-Apple. Ukuqagela kwaqala ukwanda ngemuva kokuthi inkampani yeCupertino imemezele imiphumela yayo yezezimali engemihle kangako.
Kodwa-ke, uCanon uphikile ukuthi unentshisekelo kule nkampani, futhi akekho u-Apple noma uCanon abake baqinisekisa noma yisiphi isivumelwano esidlangalaleni. I-Canon ingase - ikakhulukazi ngokombono wanamuhla - ibonakale njengekhandidethi elingenakwenzeka kakhulu lokuthengwa kwe-Apple, kodwa eminyakeni yamashumi ayisishiyagalombili namashumi ayisishiyagalolunye yekhulu leminyaka elidlule, igama lenkampani lalibaluleke kakhulu emkhakheni wezobuchwepheshe.
Ngemuva kokuthi umsunguli wephrojekthi ye-Macintosh, u-Jef Raskin, eshiye i-Apple, uCanon wamfaka phakathi kwabo futhi wamnika ithuba lokuthuthukisa umbono wakhe we-Macintosh. Ikhompyutha ebizwa ngeCanon Cat, eyethulwa ngo-1987, ayizange ihlangabezane nempumelelo enkulu naphezu kwalokho okwakulindelwe.
I-Canon Cat Computer kanye noJeff Raskin:
NgoJuni 1989, iCanon yakhokha amaRandi ayizigidi eziyi-100 ngenani elingu-16,67% enkampanini yeMisebenzi i-NeXT, eyathengwa yi-Apple kamuva nje. I-Canon ayigcinanga ngokusekela inkampani ngokwezimali ekuqaleni kweminyaka engamashumi ayisishiyagalolunye, kodwa futhi yakhiqiza idrayivu yokubona ye-NeXT Computer. USteve Jobs ekugcineni wathengisa ukuhlukaniswa kwehadiwe kwe-NeXT yakhe kuCanon ngo-1993.
Amahemuhemu okuthi uCanon wayehlela ukuthenga i-Apple aqala ukuvela ngesikhathi inkampani iphethwe uMike Spindler. Ezinye izinkampani ezingase zithenge i-Apple zihlanganisa, isibonelo, i-IBM noma (manje engasekho) i-Sun Microsystems. Izinkampani i-Compaq, i-Hewlett-Packard, i-Sony, i-Philips kanye ne-Toshiba nazo zathintwa, kodwa izingxoxo ezalandela azifikanga kude kakhulu.
Ekugcineni, kwakungekho ngisho nesivumelwano phakathi kwe-Apple neCanon. Ngo-Ephreli 1995, izikhathi ezingcono zaqala ukukhanyisela i-Apple. Ngenxa yokukhula kwesidingo sama-Macintoshes engxenyeni yesibili ka-1995, i-Apple yakwazi ukuzuza amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-73. Kwakungaphezu kokuphindwe kane inani lenkampani yaseCupertino eyayithola ngekota efanayo ngonyaka odlule, futhi izikhathi ezingcono zazingekho isikhathi eside (ngokuqhathaniswa) ukuza.
Umthombo: Ihlelo le-Mac
