Onke ama-movie agxila kuSteve Jobs… singakhohlwa kanjani lokho kwethulwa kwe-iPod noma isethulo esimangazayo se-iPhone? Kimi okuhle kakhulu akwenzile empilweni yakhe emfushane (ngeshwa). Kodwa-ke, uma uSteve Jobs wayengu "Ying" we-Apple, sinomunye uSteve owayengu- "Yang" futhi onguWozniak. Muva nje igama elidala le-Woz, isidlaliso sothando aziwa ngalo, usengumlutha wokuba sembozweni somagazini nasemaphephandabeni ngezitatimende nezenzo ezifuna ukwazi. Sizokwethula kuSteve Wozniak ukuze ukwazi ukuhlangana nalowo owayengumsunguli we-Apple.
Uvelaphi uSteve Wozniak?
UStephan Gary Wozniak, owazalelwa eSunnyvale, e-United States of America ngo-Agasti 11, 1950, sibhekene nomlingiswa weqiniso, kepha iqiniso ukuthi ekuqaleni besingabhekani nephrofayili enjalo. Yize eyisakhamuzi saseMelika, ubaba wakhe wayengowokudabuka ePoland nonina owayevela eJalimane, bagcina eMelika bebalekela impi. Kusukela esemncane, wayengumthandi wezibalo futhi ikakhulukazi i-elekthronikhi, ethuthukisa uthando olukhethekile ngomsakazo (uyamkhumbula uDustin omuhle ku-Stranger Things?). Ngakho-ke, inyuvesi kaWozniak nokuzifundisa okuzimele kwakukhula njalo, njalo kuthintwa amakhompyutha, imisakazo kanye ne-electronics yabathengi.
Kwakusezinsukwini zakhe zasekolishi (1971) lapho umngani ohlangene wamethula kuSteve Jobs, umqondo wezohwebo we-Apple, futhi lokho ukuthi imisebenzi emihle yakudala yaya eyunivesithi kepha yangabonakala intshisekelo enkulu yokufunda. Bobabili bathathe "izinyathelo" zabo zokuqala besebenzisa indlela ye- I-Bluebox, umshini olingise amathoni ocingo ukukhohlisa inkampani yezokuxhumana nokwenza izingcingo zamahhala ngokuphelele. Ngenkathi uWoz ethanda isoftware nobuchwepheshe bamahhala, uJobs wamqinisekisa ukuthi athengise iBluebox futhi lokho kwaba yimpumelelo yakhe yokuqala kwezentengiso.
Emuva ngo-1976 Wozniak wayebone ulwazi lwakhe luvuzwa futhi waqala ukusebenza eHewlett-Packard (HP), ngaleso sikhathi okwakuyinto yangempela uma sibheka ukuthi bobabili i-HP ne-IBM babusa umkhakha wekhompyutha nowokunyathelisa. Yilapho lapho uWoz enza khona ikhompyutha yakhe yokuqala, kepha isivumelwano sakhe ne-HP besimdinga ukuthi anikeze yonke imibono yakhe enkampanini. Ngokumangazayo, i-HP yenqabile ukukhiqiza ngobuningi ikhompyutha yomuntu siqu futhi kulapho umngani wakhe uJobs aqala khona ukumkholisa ukuthi ukuyithengisa kuzoba umqondo omuhle lowo. Ngaleso sikhathi uWozniak wayesezishiyile izifundo zakhe engakaqedi.
USteve Jobs, umngani wami omkhulu, ubengathatha imiklamo yami ayenze ibe yimikhiqizo.
Kwakungowe-1976 ofanayo lapho uSteve Jobs noSteve Wozniak besungula i-Apple, Kodwa-ke, amabhizinisi aphumelelayo amaJobs ayewashaye esophahleni lwendlu ayenezinto ezifanayo: UWozniak wayengunjiniyela waleyo mikhiqizo, ingqondo yokucabanga eyiqiniso ekwaziyo ukwenza imibono iphile. Iminyaka impumelelo ye-Apple ibihlala njalo, empeleni ukwehluleka okulandelayo njenge-Apple III ne-Apple Lisa kukhishwe, ngenkathi bekuyimikhiqizo eyenziwe nge-Wozniak kuphela egcina inkampani iqhubeka.
Ubudlelwano obunzima be "love hate" neMisebenzi
USteve Wozniak akakaze enze izitatimende ezimbi ngoSteve Jobs, kepha iqiniso ukuthi naye akenzanga izitatimende ezinhle. UWozniak umemezele ukuthi ungumthandi wesoftware yamahhala kanye nehardware ethuthukiswayo, okuphambene impela neMisebenzi, owadala umbono wemvelo evaliwe i-Apple eyigcinile kuze kube manje.
Lapho siqala nge-Apple, Imisebenzi yayingazi nokuba khona kwamakhompiyutha. Eqinisweni, wayengahlosile ukusondeza lobo buchwepheshe kubantu, futhi wayengenandaba nezinzuzo abangazinikeza umphakathi, wayazi kuphela ukwenza izinto nokuzithengisa ngemali ethe xaxa.
Ukungqubuzana phakathi kukaJobs noWozniak ngentengo yemikhiqizo, "ukuphambuka kwangempela" okudumile okwenziwe yi-CEO ye-Apple nokuthi yize bengabangani babenezimiso ezikude kakhulu ezazidala ubudlelwano babo. Ngenkathi uJobs esebenza njenge-CEO engapheli, uWozniak wazinikela ekusebenzeni njengenye ye-Apple futhi wayeka ukuphuma ezindabeni zebhizinisi, empeleni babengakaze bamthande ngokweqile.
Ingozi eshintshe konke
NgoFebhuwari 7, 1981 uSteve Wozniak nentombi yakhe, uCandi Clark baba sengozini yendiza ayenayo. Akekho owalimala kanzima, kodwa uWozniak walahlekelwa inkumbulo yakhe yesikhashana futhi ukululama kwakhe kwaba kukhulu impela. Lokhu kumsuse ebhodini labaqondisi bakwa-Apple kuleyo minyaka emine, futhi wakwenza kuphela ukutshela uSteve Jobs ukuthi uyayishiya inkampani. Inhloko ecabangayo nezandla zobungcweti zika-Apple nakanjani zazingasekho ngo-1985. Okunye umlando. Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa kamuva, ibhodi lakwa-Apple likwazile ukwenza uSteve Jobs asule esikhundleni sakhe neminyaka engu-12 yemiphumela emibi kuqinisekiswe ukuthi icishe yabhanga inkampani.
Kusukela lapho uSteve Wozniak uzinikele kakhulu kwezemfundo nasekuphaneni. Wenza izinkulumo njalo eNyuvesi futhi uzinikele ekukhuliseni izizukulwane ezintsha. Noma kunjalo, USteve Wozniak usesemholweni ka-Apple, ukuthola cishe ama- $ 50 ngesonto. Futhi yilokho Yize eshiye ubuholi be-Apple, u-Woz omdala omuhle ugcine amasheya ambalwa enkampanini ayisungule ngo-1976 nokuthi bakhiqize unjiniyela imali eshisiwe engaba yizigidi eziyi-100 zamadola.
Ungamazi kanjani uWozniak ngokujula
Naphezu kwakho konke, uthanda ukushiya izitatimende eziphikisanayo ezifana nokuthi "i-Apple ilahlekile indlela" noma ukuthi "isiguli esinguzero seCoronavirus e-United States of America." Noma kunjalo, Sikushiyela izincomo ezimbalwa ukuze wazi umsebenzi weWozniak ne-Apple, empeleni, ngokusho kwakhe, ifilimu esondelene neqiniso ingeyokuqala ohlwini.
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Sithemba ukuthi ukuthandile ukwazi okwengeziwe ngalo I-Wozniak, umnyombo weqiniso we-Apple, ingqondo yokucabanga ngemuva kukaSteve Jobs.