Amaya Toman Ukubuya kukaSteve Jobs ku-Apple phakathi nengxenye yesibili ye-nineties kwakuyisisekelo ngezindlela eziningi, futhi kwaletha izinguquko eziningi. Lezi zinguquko zihlanganisa, phakathi kwezinye izinto, Imisebenzi enquma ukumisa umugqa womkhiqizo we-Newton unomphela. Lokhu kwenzeka esikhathini esingengakanani ngemva kokwahlukaniswa konke, okukhethekile kuma-apula PDA, kubalwa ngokukhula okuqhubekayo kanye noguquko oluhamba kancane lwesikhathi esizayo lube iyunithi ehlukile.
Kungaba njalo okuthakaselayo
I-Apple yethula abasizi bayo be-Newton Personal digital (PDAs) ngo-1993, lapho Imisebenzi iphumile enkampanini ngemuva kokulahlekelwa impi yebhodi no-CEO uJohn Sculley. I-Newton yayingaphambi kwesikhathi sayo futhi yanikeza izici eziningi zokuguqula ezihlanganisa ukuqashelwa kokubhala ngesandla nobunye ubuchwepheshe obuthuthukisiwe. Ngaphezu kwalokho, lo mugqa womkhiqizo uvele ngesikhathi lapho ukuhamba kwezinto zikagesi kwakungeyona neze into evamile.
Ngeshwa, izinguqulo zokuqala ze-Newton azizange zilethe imiphumela u-Apple ayeyilindele, eyaba nomthelela omkhulu esithunzini sika-Apple. Kodwa-ke, phakathi nengxenye yokuqala yawo-90, i-Apple yakwazi ukuqeda izinkinga eziningi zokuqala zalo mugqa womkhiqizo. Phakathi kwezinye izinto, isistimu yokusebenza ye-NewtonOS 2.0 yayinesibopho salokhu, esikwazile ukuxazulula izinkinga eziningi ngomsebenzi wokuqaphela ukubhala ngesandla owawuhlupha amamodeli amadala omugqa womkhiqizo we-Newton.
Igalari yezithombe
I-Newton MessagePad 2000 ka-March 1997 bekuyi-Newton ehamba phambili okwamanje futhi yamukelwa ngokufudumele ngabasebenzisi nochwepheshe ngokufanayo. Ukulandela, i-Apple yenza izinhlelo zokuzakhela esabo isigaba seNewton. Yayiholwa nguSandy Bennett, owayeyiphini likamongameli weNewton Systems Group. KwakunguBennett owamemezela ekuqaleni kuka-Agasti 1997 ukuthi iNewton Inc. izoba "izimele ngokuphelele ku-Apple". Ngebhodi layo elihlukile labaqondisi kanye nelogo yenkampani, isinyathelo sokugcina kwaba ukuthola i-CEO nokuthuthela emahhovisi amasha e-Santa Clara, e-California. Inhloso yomkhiqizo ohlukile we-Newton bekuwukusebenza ngokukhethekile kuma-PDA kanye nokuthuthukiswa kobuchwepheshe obusha obufanele. Amalungu esigaba saseNewton anethemba lekusasa eliqhakazile lomkhiqizo ozimele ozayo, kodwa umuntu ucabanga, futhi uSteve Jobs obuyayo uyashintsha.
Ngaleso sikhathi lapho kwenziwa izinhlelo zokuqeda isigaba saseNewton, i-Apple yayingenzi kahle kakhulu kabili. Kodwa ukuthandwa kwama-PDA nakho kwaqala ukwehla, futhi nakuba kwakubonakala sengathi i-Newton izoyeka ukusho ukulahlekelwa kwe-Apple, akekho owacabanga ukuthi amadivayisi alolu hlobo athembisayo esikhathini eside. Ngesikhathi esebenza kule nkampani, owayeyisikhulu esiphezulu sakwa-Apple uGil Amelio wazama ukuthengisa ubuchwepheshe obushibhile kuwo wonke uhlobo olungaba khona kusukela kwaSamsung kuya kwaSony. Lapho wonke umuntu enqaba, i-Apple yanquma ukuhoxisa iNewton njengebhizinisi layo. Babalelwa ku-130 abasebenzi bakwa-Apple abadluliselwe enkampanini entsha.
Kodwa-ke, uSteve Jobs akazange avumelane necebo lokwenza uNewton abe yisiqalo sakhe. Wayengenakho ukuxhumana komuntu siqu nohlobo lwaseNewton futhi akasibonanga isizathu sokuchitha abasebenzi ukuze basekele umkhiqizo owawuthengisa kuphela amayunithi angu-4,5 kuya kwangu-150 eminyakeni engu-000 emashalofini. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, ukunaka kukaJobs kwabanjwa i-eMate 300 ngedizayini yayo eyindilinga, isibonisi sombala kanye nekhibhodi yehadiwe edidiyelwe, okwakuwuhlobo lwe-harbinger yekusasa eliphumelela kakhulu i-iBook.
Kungaba njalo okuthakaselayo
Imodeli ye-eMate 300 ekuqaleni yayihloselwe imakethe yezemfundo futhi yayingomunye wemikhiqizo ehluke kakhulu ye-Apple ngaleso sikhathi. Ezinsukwini ezinhlanu ngemuva kokuthi Imisebenzi itshele abaphathi baseNewton ukuthi bangazihluphi ngokuthuthela emahhovisi amasha, waphinde wamemezela ukuthi i-Apple izobuyisela umugqa womkhiqizo ngaphansi kwesibhengezo sayo futhi igxile ekuthuthukisweni nasekukhiqizeni i-eMate 300. Ekuqaleni konyaka olandelayo, Imisebenzi yatshela uNewton okokugcina kwakhe. sala kahle, futhi imizamo kwa-Apple yaqala ukugxila ekuthuthukisweni kwamakhompyutha.
