Amaya Toman USteve Wozniak aka Woz naye ubengomunye wabasunguli be-Apple. Unjiniyela, umhleli, kanye nomngane wesikhathi eside ka-Steve Jobs, indoda esungule ukuthuthukiswa kwekhompyutha ye-Apple I kanye nenani leminye imishini yama-apula. USteve Wozniak wasebenza e-Apple kusukela ekuqaleni, kodwa washiya inkampani ngo-1985. Esihlokweni sanamuhla, sizokhumbula ukuhamba kwakhe.
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USteve Wozniak akakaze enze imfihlo yokuthi uzizwa njengomklami wekhompyutha nomklami kunosomabhizinisi. Ngakho-ke, akumangalisi ukuthi lapho i-Apple yanda kakhulu, i-Wozniak encane-ngokungafani noSteve Jobs-yaneliseka. Yena ngokwakhe wayekhululeke kakhudlwana ukusebenza enanini elincane lamaphrojekthi emaqenjini amalungu ambalwa. Ngesikhathi i-Apple iba inkampani ehweba esidlangalaleni, ingcebo kaWozniak yayisivele inkulu ngokwanele ukuthi wayekwazi ukugxila kakhulu emisebenzini engaphandle kwenkampani— isibonelo, wazihlelela owakhe umkhosi.
Isinqumo sikaWozniak sokushiya i-Apple sivuthwe ngokugcwele ngesikhathi lapho inkampani idlula uchungechunge lwezinguquko zabasebenzi kanye nokusebenza, okuyinto yena ngokwakhe engavumelani nayo. Abaphathi bakwa-Apple baqale ukuphusha kancane kancane i-Apple II kaWozniak ngemuva bevuna, ngokwesibonelo, i-Macintosh 128K entsha yangaleso sikhathi, naphezu kweqiniso lokuthi, ngokwesibonelo, i-Apple IIc yaba nempumelelo enkulu kakhulu yokuthengisa ngesikhathi ikhululwa. Ngamafuphi, umugqa womkhiqizo we-Apple II wawuphelelwe yisikhathi kakhulu emehlweni abaphathi abasha benkampani. Izehlakalo ezishiwo ngenhla, kanye nezinye izici eziningi, zagcina ziholele ekutheni uSteve Wozniak anqume ukushiya unomphela i-Apple ngoFebhuwari 1985.
Kodwa ngokuqinisekile wayengacabangi ngisho nokude ngokuthatha umhlalaphansi noma ukuphumula. Ehlangene nomngane wakhe uJoe Ennis, wasungula inkampani yakhe ebizwa ngokuthi i-CL 9 (Cloud Nine). Isilawuli kude se-CL 1987 Core saphuma eshabhu yale nkampani ngo-9, kodwa unyaka ngemva kokwethulwa, inkampani ye-Wozniak yayeka ukusebenza. Ngemva kokushiya i-Apple, u-Wozniak naye wazinikela emfundweni. Wabuyela eNyuvesi yaseCalifornia, eBerkeley, lapho aqeda khona iziqu zakhe kwisayensi yekhompyutha. Waqhubeka nokuhlala engomunye wabanikazi bamasheya be-Apple futhi waze wathola uhlobo oluthile lomholo. Lapho uGil Amelio eba yi-CEO ye-Apple ngo-1990, u-Wozniak wabuyela enkampanini okwesikhashana ukuze abe umeluleki.
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