Amaya Toman NgoDisemba 20, 1996, u-Apple wazithengela isipho sikaKhisimusi esingcono kakhulu. Kwakuyi-Jobs' "truc company" i-NeXT, eyasungulwa umsunguli we-Apple ngemva kokushiya kwakhe inkampani maphakathi nawo-XNUMX wekhulu leminyaka elidlule.
Ukuthengwa kwe-NEXT kubize i-Apple $429 million. Kwakungeyona ngempela intengo ephansi, futhi kungase kubonakale sengathi i-Apple yayingakwazi ukuyikhokhela kakhulu esimweni sayo. Kodwa nge-NeXT, inkampani ye-Cupertino ithole ibhonasi ngendlela yokubuya kukaSteve Jobs - futhi lokho kwaba ukunqoba kwangempela.
"Angigcini ngokuthenga isoftware, ngithenga uSteve."
Lo musho ongenhla washiwo lowo owayeyi-CEO ye-Apple ngaleso sikhathi, uGil Amelio. Njengengxenye yesivumelwano, Imisebenzi ithole amasheya e-Apple ayizigidi eziyi-1,5. U-Amelio ekuqaleni wayebala Imisebenzi njengamandla okudala, kodwa kungakapheli unyaka ebuyile, uSteve waba umqondisi wenkampani futhi u-Amelio washiya i-Apple. Kodwa empeleni, ukubuyela kukaJobs esikhundleni sobuholi kwakuyinto abantu abaningi ababeyilindele futhi beyilindile. Kodwa uSteve wasebenza njengomeluleki enkampanini isikhathi eside futhi wayengenayo ngisho nenkontileka.
Ukubuya kweMisebenzi kwa-Apple kwabeka isisekelo esiqinile sokubuya okumangalisayo emlandweni webhizinisi. Kepha ukutholwa kwe-NEXT nakho bekuyisinyathelo esikhulu sokungaziwa kwe-Apple. Inkampani yeCupertino yayigcwele ugwayi onqenqemeni lokuqothuka futhi ikusasa layo lalingaqinisekile. Intengo yamasheya ayo yayingama-dollar angu-1992 ngo-60, ngesikhathi sokubuya kweMisebenzi yayingama-dollar angu-17 kuphela.
Igalari yezithombe
Kanye neMisebenzi, idlanzana labasebenzi abanekhono kakhulu babuye bavela ku-NeXT baya ku-Apple, ababambe iqhaza elikhulu ekukhuleni okwalandela kwenkampani iCupertino - omunye wabo kwakunguCraig Federighi, okwamanje osebenza njengephini likamongameli we-Apple. ubunjiniyela besoftware. Ngokutholwa kwe-NEXT, i-Apple iphinde yathola uhlelo lokusebenza lwe-OpenStep. Kusukela yehluleka iProjekthi Copland, uhlelo lokusebenza olusebenzayo kube yinto i-Apple ephuthelwe kakhulu, futhi i-OpenStep esekwe ku-Unix enokwesekwa kwemisebenzi eminingi ibonakale iyisibusiso esikhulu. Kuyi-OpenStep i-Apple engabonga ngayo nge-Mac OS X yayo yakamuva.
Kungaba njalo okuthakaselayo
Ngokubuyiselwa kukaSteve Jobs, izinguquko ezinkulu azizange zithathe isikhathi eside. Imisebenzi yathola ngokushesha ukuthi yiziphi izinto ezazihudulela i-Apple phansi futhi yanquma ukuyiqeda - isibonelo, i-Newton MessagePad. I-Apple kancane kancane yaqala ukuchuma, futhi Imisebenzi yahlala esikhundleni sakhe kwaze kwaba ngu-2011.
Umthombo: Ihlelo le-Mac, fortune
U-Apple uzodinga lokhu nanamuhla, kuyadabukisa ukuthi akusanakwenzeka.