Amaya Toman Unyaka we-1985 wawubalulekile ku-Apple kanye nomsunguli wayo uSteve Jobs. Le nkampani yayisinesikhathi eside iboboza, futhi ubudlelwano obungebuhle bagcina buholele ekushiyeni kukaJobs enkampanini. Esinye sezizathu kwaba ukungaboni ngaso linye noJohn Sculley, owake wamletha Imisebenzi ku-Apple evela enkampanini yakwaPepsi. Ukuqagela ukuthi Imisebenzi yayigxile esihogweni ekwakheni isimbangi esikhulu se-Apple akuzange kube yisikhathi eside ukuza, futhi ngemva kwamasonto ambalwa kwenzeka ngempela. Imisebenzi ishiye ngokusemthethweni i-Apple ngoSepthemba 16, 1985.
Eminyakeni emithathu ngemva kokuhamba kukaJobs kwa-Apple, kwaqala amalungiselelo ngo-NeXT okukhululwa kwe-NeXT Computer - ikhompuyutha enamandla okwakufanele iqinise isithunzi senkampani yakwaJobs kanye nesithunzi sakhe njengengcweti kwezobuchwepheshe. Yiqiniso, i-NeXT Computer nayo yayihloselwe ukuncintisana namakhompyutha akhiqizwa i-Apple ngaleso sikhathi.
Ukwamukela umshini omusha ovela ku-workshop ye-NEXT kwaba kuhle ngokuphelele. Abezindaba bagijimisana bebika ngalokho okwakusenziwa nguJobs owayeneminyaka engamashumi amathathu nantathu ngaleso sikhathi nokuthi wayehleleleni ikusasa. Ngosuku olulodwa, izihloko zomkhosi zanyatheliswa komagazini abadumile i-Newsweek ne-Time. Esinye sezindatshana besinesihloko esithi “Soul of the Next Machine”, sibeka ngenye indlela isihloko sencwadi kaTracy Kidder ethi, “The Soul of a New Machine”, isihloko sesinye isihloko besimane sithi “Steve Jobs Returns”.
Phakathi kokunye, umshini osanda kukhishwa bekumele ukhombise ukuthi inkampani yakwaJobs iyakwazi yini ukuletha omunye umkhakha wobuchwepheshe bekhompyutha emhlabeni wonke. Amabili okuqala kwakuyi-Apple II ne-Macintosh. Kodwa-ke, kulokhu, Imisebenzi bekufanele yenze ngaphandle komsunguli we-Apple uSteve Wozniak kanye nochwepheshe be-graphical interface yomsebenzisi be-Xerox PARC.
Kungaba njalo okuthakaselayo
I-NeXT Ikhompyutha ayinaso ngempela indawo yokuqala enenzuzo. Imisebenzi kwakudingeka itshale ingxenye enkulu yezimali zakhe enkampanini, futhi nje ukudala uphawu lwenkampani kwamlahlekisela ikhulu lezinkulungwane zamaRandi. Ngenxa yokungapheleli kwakhe ngokwedlulele, Imisebenzi yayingeke ikwazi ukuzinza ngisho nangezinsuku zokuqala zenkampani futhi yayingeke yenze lutho ngokungaphelele.
Igalari yezithombe
“Imisebenzi isengcupheni enkulu kuno-$12 million ayitshala kwa-NeXT,” kubhala iphephabhuku i-Newsweek ngaleso sikhathi, liphawula ukuthi le nkampani entsha nayo yayinomsebenzi wokwakha kabusha isithunzi sikaSteve. Abanye abangabazayo bathathe ukuphumelela kweMisebenzi kwa-Apple njengokuzenzekela nje, futhi bambiza ngokuba ngumdlali wemibukiso. Esihlokweni sayo ngaleso sikhathi, i-Newsweek yaphinde yaveza ukuthi umhlaba uthambekele ekuboneni Imisebenzi njenge "tech punk" enekhono elikhulu futhi ebukekayo, kodwa ezidlayo, nokuthi i-NeXT iyithuba lakhe lokukhombisa ukuvuthwa kwakhe futhi azibonakalise njengomuntu ozimisele. umkhiqizi wamakhompyutha okwazi ukuqhuba inkampani.
Umhleli kamagazini i-Time, uPhilip Elmer-Dewitt, mayelana ne-NEXT Computer, waveza ukuthi i-hardware enamandla nokubukeka okuhlaba umxhwele akwanele ekuphumeleleni kwekhompiyutha. “Imishini ephumelela kakhulu iphinde ibe nesici esithinta imizwelo, into exhumanisa amathuluzi akukhompiyutha nezifiso zabasebenzisi bayo,” kusho isihloko sakhe. "Mhlawumbe akekho okuqonda kangcono lokhu kunoSteve Jobs, umsunguli we-Apple Computer kanye nendoda eyenza ikhompuyutha yomuntu siqu yaba ingxenye yekhaya."
Lezi zihloko ezishiwo ngenhla ziwubufakazi bokuthi ikhompuyutha entsha kaJobs ikwazile ukudala isiphithiphithi ngaphambi kokuthi ibone ukukhanya kosuku. Amakhompiyutha agcine ephumile ku-workshop ye-NEXT - kungakhathaliseki ukuthi i-NeXT Computer noma i-NeXT Cube - ayemahle ngempela. Ikhwalithi, okwathi ngandlela thile yayingaphambi kwesikhathi sayo, kodwa intengo nayo yayihambisana, futhi ekugcineni yaba yisikhubekiso se-NeXT.
I-NeXT yagcina ithengwe yi-Apple ngoDisemba 1996. Ngenani lamaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-400, waphinde wathola uSteve Jobs nge-NeXT - futhi umlando wenkathi entsha ye-Apple waqala ukubhalwa.
