Emuva esikhathini esedlule: USteve Jobs nokubhaliswa kwegama le-Macintosh (16/11/2020)

Namuhla, singase sibe nomuzwa wokuthi igama elithi Macintosh lingokwemvelo enkampanini ye-Apple - kodwa bekungabonakali kangako kusukela ekuqaleni. Leli gama - noma libhalwe ngenye indlela - bekungelenye inkampani. Namuhla usuku lokukhumbula usuku uSteve Jobs aqala ngalo ukufaka isicelo sokubhalisa leli gama.

Incwadi Ebalulekile evela kuSteve Jobs (1982)

NgoNovemba 16, 1982, uSteve Jobs wathumela incwadi kwaMcIntosh Labs ecela amalungelo okusebenzisa igama elithi "Macintosh" njengophawu lwamakhompyutha akwa-Apple - ayesathuthukiswa ngesikhathi sokufaka isicelo. Ngaleso sikhathi, i-McIntosh Labs yakhiqiza imishini ye-stereo ephezulu. Nakuba u-Jef Raskin, owayekhona ekuzalweni kwephrojekthi yokuqala ye-Macintosh, wasebenzisa uhlobo oluhlukile olubhaliwe lwegama elinikeziwe, uphawu lokuhweba lwalungabhaliswanga ku-Apple ngoba ukuphinyiselwa kwawo womabili amamaki kwakufana. Ngakho-ke imisebenzi yanquma ukubhalela uMcIntosh ukuze ithole imvume. UGordon Gow, umongameli weMcIntosh Labs, wazihambela mathupha ekomkhulu lenkampani yakwa-Apple ngaleso sikhathi futhi wakhonjiswa imikhiqizo yakwa-Apple. Kodwa-ke, abameli bakaGordon bameluleke ukuthi anganikezi imvume kuJobs. Ekugcineni u-Apple wanikezwa ilayisense yegama le-Macintosh ngo-March 1983 kuphela. Uzokwazi ukufunda lonke udaba ngokubhaliswa kwegama le-Macintosh ekupheleni kwesonto ochungechungeni lwethu Kusuka emlandweni we-Apple.

Igalari yezithombe

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UJohn Sculley noSteve Jobs umthombo we-NBC

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