Amaya Toman Pakhala pali, pali ndipo padzakhala zoyerekeza zambiri kapena zochepa zodabwitsa, mphekesera ndi zongopeka za Apple. Mmodzi wa iwo, amene anayamba kulankhulidwa mu theka lachiwiri la April 1995, ananena kuti kampani Canon akukonzekera kugula kwathunthu kapena pang'ono Apple. Malingaliro adayamba kuchuluka pambuyo poti kampani ya Cupertino yalengeza zotsatira zake zabwino zachuma.
Komabe, Canon wakana chidwi chilichonse ndi kampaniyo, ndipo Apple kapena Canon sanatsimikizirepo poyera mgwirizano uliwonse. Canon atha - makamaka m'mawonedwe amasiku ano - akuwoneka ngati wosayembekezeka kwambiri kuti Apple agule, koma m'zaka za makumi asanu ndi atatu ndi makumi asanu ndi anayi zazaka zapitazi, dzina la kampaniyo linali lofunikira kwambiri pankhani yaukadaulo.
Pambuyo pa woyambitsa ntchito ya Macintosh, Jef Raskin, adachoka ku Apple, Canon adamumanga m'magulu awo ndikumupatsa mwayi wopanga masomphenya ake a Macintosh. Kompyuta yotchedwa Canon Cat, yomwe inayamba mu 1987, siinayende bwino ngakhale kuti ankayembekezera.
Canon Cat Computer ndi Jef Raskin:
Mu June 1989, Canon adalipira $ 100 miliyoni pamtengo wa 16,67% mukampani ya Jobs NeXT, yomwe Apple idagula pambuyo pake. Canon sanangothandiza kampaniyo pazachuma kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma nineties, komanso adapanga makina opangira makina a NeXT Computer. Steve Jobs pamapeto pake adagulitsa magawo ake a NEXT ku Canon mu 1993.
Mphekesera zoti Canon akufuna kugula Apple zidawonekera pomwe kampaniyo idatsogozedwa ndi Mike Spindler. Makampani ena omwe amatha kugula Apple akuphatikizapo, mwachitsanzo, IBM kapena (yomwe yatha) Sun Microsystems. Makampani Compaq, Hewlett-Packard, Sony, Philips ndi Toshiba nawonso adafikiridwa, koma zokambiranazo sizinafike patali.
Pamapeto pake, panalibe ngakhale mgwirizano pakati pa Apple ndi Canon. Mu Epulo 1995, nthawi zabwinoko zidayamba kuwunikira Apple. Chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwa kufunikira kwa Macintoshes mu theka lachiwiri la 1995, Apple idakwanitsa kupeza $73 miliyoni. Zinali zoposa kanayi kuchuluka kwa ndalama zomwe kampani ya Cupertino idapeza kotala lomwelo chaka cham'mbuyomo, ndipo nthawi zabwinoko sizinali (pafupifupi) zikubwera.
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