Kusuka emlandweni we-Apple: I-iPad entsha ayizange ihlabe umxhwele kanjani uBill Gates

Kwesinye sezindatshana zethu zangaphambili zomlando we-Apple, sishilo, phakathi kwezinye izinto, ukuthi i-iPad entsha imangaze kanjani cishe wonke umuntu ngokufika kwayo. Nokho, uBill Gates, ngokwamazwi akhe, akazange ajabule ngokukhethekile ngethebhulethi entsha ye-apula, futhi uGates akazange afihle.

UGates uphawule nge-iPad yokuqala ngqa ngemva kwamasonto amabili uSteve Jobs eyethule emphakathini. Kungekudala ngemuva kokwembulwa kwayo ngokusemthethweni, ithebhulethi yokuqala yakwa-Apple yadala esinye isiphithiphithi lapho uStephen Colbert esebenzisa ucezu olungathengiswanga ukufunda amagama aqokiwe. ngesikhathi se-Grammy Awards.

Ngaleso sikhathi, uBill Gates wayezinikele kakhulu ekusizeni abantu kunasezobuchwepheshe, njengoba wayeshiye isikhundla sokuba yi-CEO yeMicrosoft eminyakeni eyishumi edlule. Noma kunjalo, akumangalisi ukuthi enye yezintatheli yambuza mayelana nokwengezwa kwakamuva kuphothifoliyo yomkhiqizo we-Apple. Leyo ntatheli bekuyintatheli yesikhathi eside yezobuchwepheshe uBrent Schlender, okwathi, ngokwesibonelo, wenza inhlolokhono yokuqala ehlangene phakathi kweMisebenzi noGates ngo-1991. UGates wayenokutshalwa kwezimali komuntu siqu kumqondo wethebhulethi, njengoba iMicrosoft isize ukuphayona uhlobo "lwekhompyutha yethebhulethi" eminyakeni edlule - kodwa umphumela awuzange uhlangane nempumelelo enkulu kakhulu yezohwebo.

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"Uyazi, ngingumuntu othanda ukuthinta kanye nokufunda kwedijithali, kodwa ngisacabanga ukuthi ingxube yezwi, ipeni kanye nekhibhodi yangempela - ngamanye amazwi, i-netbook - izoba yinto evamile lapho," Kusho uGates ngaleso sikhathi. "Ngakho-ke akufani nokuthi ngihlezi lapha ngizizwa njengoba ngenza nge-iPhone, lapho ngithanda khona, 'O Nkulunkulu wami, iMicrosoft ayizange ihlose ukuphakama ngokwanele.' Ungumfundi omuhle, kepha akukho lutho ku-iPad engikubukayo bese ngithi, 'O, ngifisa sengathi iMicrosoft ingakwenza lokho.'

Ngandlela thize, kulula ukwehlulela imibono kaGates kabuhlungu. Ukubuka i-iPad njenge-e-reader nje akunaki okuningi kwalokho okwenze yaba umkhiqizo omusha odayiswa ngokushesha we-Apple ezinyangeni ezimbalwa kamuva. Indlela asabela ngayo ikhumbuza isikhulu se-Microsoft uSteve Ballmer ukuhleka kwe-iPhone okunedumela elibi noma ukubikezela kukaGates ukuthi uzobhujiswa umkhiqizo olandelayo othengiswa kakhulu we-Apple, i-iPod.

Nokho, uGates ubengelona iqiniso ngokuphelele. Eminyakeni eyalandela, i-Apple yasebenza ukuthuthukisa ukusebenza kwe-iPad, okuhlanganisa nokwengezwa kwePencil ye-Apple, ikhibhodi, kanye ne-Siri elawulwa ngezwi. Umbono wokuthi awukwazi ukwenza umsebenzi wangempela ku-iPad usunyamalele kakhulu manje. Ngaleso sikhathi, iMicrosoft yaqhubekela phambili (yize yaba nempumelelo encane kwezohwebo) futhi yahlanganisa izinhlelo zayo zokusebenza zeselula nedeskithophu/laptop.