Amaya Toman Ngemva kwamaholide, sibuya futhi newindi lethu elivamile "lomlando". Ocezwini lwakhe namuhla, sikhumbula usuku u-Hewlett-Packard ethula ngalo i-HP-35 - isibali sokuqala sesayensi esisephaketheni. Ukwengeza, sizophinde sibuyele emuva ku-2002, lapho kumenyezelwa "ushwele" oyingxenye kumabhizinisi asebenzisa isofthiwe engekho emthethweni.
Kungaba njalo okuthakaselayo
U-Vratislav Holub I-pocket calculator yesayensi yokuqala (1972)
U-Hewlett-Packard wethula isibali sakhe sokuqala sesayensi esisephaketheni ngoJanuwari 4, 1972. Isibali esishiwo ngenhla sinegama eliyimodeli HP-35, futhi singaziqhayisa, phakathi kwezinye izinto, ukunemba okuhle kakhulu, lapho saze sadlula inani lamakhompyutha ozimele angaleso sikhathi. Igama lesibali lalivele libonise iqiniso lokuthi linezinkinobho ezingamashumi amathathu nanhlanu. Ukuthuthukiswa kwalomshini wokubala kwathatha cishe iminyaka emibili, kwasetshenziswa cishe amaRandi ayisigidi kuwo, futhi ochwepheshe abangamashumi amabili babambisana kuwo. Umshini wokubala we-HP-35 ekuqaleni wasungulwa ukuze usetshenziswe ngaphakathi, kodwa wagcina udayiswe ngokwentengiso. Ngo-2007, u-Hewlett-Packard wethula umfanekiso walesi sibali - imodeli ye-HP-35s.
Ushwele we "Pirates" (2002)
Ngomhla zizi-4 kuMasingana, 2002, i-BSA (i-Business Software Alliance - inhlangano yezinkampani ezithuthukisa izithakazelo zemboni yesofthiwe) yaqhamuka nesipho esinqunyelwe isikhathi sohlelo lukashwele lwezinkampani ezisebenzisa amakhophi angekho emthethweni e-software yezinhlobo ezihlukahlukene. Ngaphansi kwalolu hlelo, izinkampani zingase zihlolwe isofthiwe futhi ziqale ukukhokha izimali zamalayisense ezivamile zazo zonke izinhlelo zokusebenza ezisetshenzisiwe. Ngenxa yocwaningomabhuku kanye nokuqalwa kokukhokha, bakwazi kanjalo ukugwema ukwesatshiswa kwezinhlawulo zokusetshenziswa ngokungemthetho kwangaphambilini kwesofthiwe enikeziwe - izinhlawulo ezishiwo kwezinye izimo zingafinyelela kumadola aseMelika ayi-150. Ucwaningo lwe-BSA lwathola ukuthi ikhophi eyodwa kwamane yesofthiwe esetshenziswa e-United States ayikho emthethweni, kubiza abathuthukisi bezinhlelo ze-software u-$2,6 billion. Ukusabalalisa okungekho emthethweni kwe-software ezinkampanini ngokuvamile kwakuhlanganisa ukukopisha amakhophi kwamanye amakhompyutha enkampani ngaphandle kokuba izinkampani zikhokhe izimali ezifanele.
