Amaya Toman UFebhuwari 6 uphawula usuku lapho umsunguli ka-Apple uSteve Wozniak anquma ukushiya inkampani yakhe ukuze aphishekele izinhloso zakhe. Ukuhamba kukaWozniak e-Apple kwenzeka ngonyaka ofanayo lapho uSteve Jobs naye eshiya, owabe esenquma ukuqala inkampani yakhe. Ngaleso sikhathi, i-Apple yayinezinguquko ezisheshayo nezibalulekile, kokubili ekusebenzeni kwenkampani, kanye nokwakhiwa kwabasebenzi kanye nendlela yonke yebhizinisi. U-Wozniak akazange ajabule kakhulu ngalezi zinguquko.
Kungaba njalo okuthakaselayo
Ekuqaleni, kufanele kuqashelwe ukuthi uSteve Wozniak akakaze enze imfihlo yokuthi umbono we-Apple njengenhlangano enkulu awuzange uvumelane naye kahle. Ngokungafani neMisebenzi, wayeneliseke kakhulu enkampanini lapho ingakabi nkulu kakhulu, futhi lapho esikhundleni sokumaketha nokukhangisa, wayekwazi ukuzinikela komunye wezinto azithandayo kakhulu - amakhompyutha kanye nekhompyutha kanjalo. USteve Wozniak, ngamazwi akhe, wayehlale esebenza kangcono eqenjini elincane lonjiniyela lapho ayengakha khona amakhompiyutha, futhi lapho i-Apple ikhula, u-Wozniak wazizwa esekhaya lapho. Phakathi nesikhathi sakhe enkampanini, wakwazi ukuqongelela ingcebo eyanele ukuze akwazi ukuzinikela emisebenzini ehlukahlukene, ehlanganisa, isibonelo, inhlangano yomkhosi wakhe womculo.
Kungaba njalo okuthakaselayo
Maphakathi nawo-128, u-Wozniak naye wazizwa ecasukile ngenxa yokuntula inhlonipho iqembu elibhekene nekhompyutha ye-Apple II okwakudingeka libhekane nakho. Ngokusho kukaWozniak, le modeli ibekwe eceleni ngokungafanele. Ngenkathi uSteve Jobs ethula i-Macintosh 50K yokuqala, i-Apple yakwazi ukuthengisa amayunithi angama-52 phakathi nezinyanga ezintathu, kuyilapho i-Apple IIc ithengisa amayunithi angama-XNUMX ahloniphekile ngamahora angamashumi amabili nane nje. Lezi zici, kanye nezinye eziningi, ziholele esinqumweni sokugcina sikaWozniak sokushiya i-Apple ivuthwa kancane kancane.
Igalari yezithombe
Nokho, ngemva kokuphuma kwakhe enkampanini, akazange asebenze nakancane. Wasebenza emicabangweni eminingi yezobuchwepheshe, okuhlanganisa isilawuli kude esilawulekayo, futhi kanye nomngane wakhe u-Joe Ennis basungula inkampani yakhe, ayiqambe ngokuthi i-CL 9. Kusuka ku-workshop yayo, isilawuli kude se-CL 1987 CORE savela ngo-9. Ngemva kokuhamba kwakhe e-Apple, uSteve Wozniak waphinda waziphonsa ezifundweni zakhe - waphothula iziqu zakhe eNyuvesi yaseCalifornia, eBerkeley, ngaphansi kwegama elingelona iqiniso. Kodwa-ke, u-Wozniak akazange alahlekelwe ukuxhumana kwakhe ne-Apple nganoma yiliphi ithuba - waqhubeka nokuba ngumnikazi wamasheya enkampanini futhi wathola i-annuity. Maphakathi nawo-nineties wekhulu leminyaka elidlule, naye wabuya isikhashana njengomeluleki.
