Daniel Hruska Chimodzi mwazizindikiro zofunika kwambiri kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 80 zokhudzana ndi Apple chikugulitsidwa. Iyi ndi mbendera yotchulidwira Ma Pirates a Silicon Valley (Chingerezi Achifwamba a Silicon Valley), yomwe inapereka mutu wake ku filimu ya 1999 ya dzina lomwelo panthawiyo, Apple anali atasamukira ku sukulu yake yamakono ndipo gawo lonse la makompyuta linali lakhanda.
Magulu awiri olekanitsidwa ndi msewu umodzi anali kupikisana kuti apange makompyuta abwino kwambiri - Macintosh kapena Lisa. Steve Capps kuchokera ku gulu la Macintosh adadza ndi lingaliro lopanga mbendera ya gulu lachizolowezi. Choncho anaisokera yekha pansalu yakuda ndipo anapempha munthu wina wa dipatimenti yokonza mapulani kuti ajambule chigaza ndi mafupa.
Kuti wina anali Susan Kare, mlembi wa zithunzi zogwiritsidwa ntchito mu Mac yoyamba, komanso font ya Chicago. “Magulu a Mac ndi Lisa anali kutsidya lina la msewu ndipo mkangano wawo unali waukulu. Inali nthawi yosiyana. Zinthu zikadakhala zosiyana, Lisa akadakhala wofunikira ngati Mac," akufotokoza Kare. Koma monga tikudziwira, Lisa anali fiasco ndipo Mac adapeza ulemerero wonse.
Komabe, tiyeni tibwerere ku mbendera. Itatha, wina wa gulu la Macintosh adayigwirizanitsa kuti gulu la Lisa liziwona tsiku ndi tsiku. Kusamvana pakati pa maguluwa kunali kwakukulu, kotero sizosadabwitsa kuti wina adagwetsa mbendera pambuyo pake, makamaka gulu la Lisa. Ngakhale panthawiyo, mbendera inatha kukhala chizindikiro chomwe mwachibadwa chimakhala cha zithunzi za nthawi.
Tsoka ilo, choyambirira sichinasungidwe, kotero Susan Kare adayenera kukumbukira ndikuchifotokoza kuchokera pazithunzi zakale. Wojambula yekhayo amavomereza kuti mtundu watsopano sudzakhala 100% kopi yapachiyambi, koma adagwiritsa ntchito mtundu womwewo ndipo mwinamwake ngakhale maburashi. Anajambulanso ngati zaka makumi atatu zapitazo patebulo lakukhitchini kuti afikire pafupi ndi zakale momwe angathere.
Koma n’chifukwa chiyani Kare anatsitsimutsa mbendera poyamba? Mmodzi mwa ogwira ntchito pano adamutumizira imelo kuti amufunse ngati angamupangire imodzi. Anati, "Sindinabwere kuno kudzalowa nawo gulu lankhondo la Navy." Mmodzi mwa mawu otchuka a Steve Jobs ndi akuti: "Ndi bwino kukhala pirate kusiyana ndi kulowa usilikali." Atafunsidwa ngati Kare akuganiza kuti anthu onse ali ndi mzimu wofananawo, iye sanayankhe.
Ma Pirates a Silicon Valley tsopano ikupezeka kuti mugulidwe pa masamba Susan Kare m'mitundu iwiri (onse opangidwa ndi manja mwachindunji ndi Kare). Mtundu wocheperako woyezera 100 x 150 cm umawononga $1900 (CZK 42), mtundu wokulirapo ndi 000 x 120 cm ndipo umawononga $180 (CZK 2500). Nthawi yobereka ndi masabata a 55-000, kotero ngati mukufuna kusangalatsa wotchuka wa Apple pa Tsiku la Khrisimasi, mutha kutero. Kutumiza ku Czech Republic kumawononga pafupifupi korona 3.
Chabwino, osati kwenikweni pa mtengo umenewo :-D