Amaya Toman Microsoft nthawi zambiri imawonedwa ngati mdani wamkulu wa Apple. Zina mwa nthawi zodziwika bwino za kampani ya apulo, komabe, ndi nthawi yomwe CEO wake panthawiyo Steve Jobs adalengeza kuti Microsoft idayika $ 150 miliyoni ku Apple. Ngakhale kusunthaku kunkawonetsedwa ngati chisonyezo chosadziwika bwino cha bwana wa Microsoft Bill Gates, jekeseni wazachuma adapindulitsadi makampani onsewa.
Mgwirizano wopambana
Ngakhale Apple inali kulimbana ndi mavuto aakulu panthawiyo, ndalama zake zachuma zinali pafupifupi 1,2 biliyoni - "ndalama za m'thumba" nthawi zonse zimakhala zothandiza. Mu "kusinthanitsa" ndi ndalama zolemekezeka, Microsoft idapeza magawo osavota kuchokera ku Apple. Steve Jobs adavomerezanso kulola kugwiritsa ntchito MS Internet Explorer pa Mac. Nthawi yomweyo, Apple idalandira ndalama zomwe zatchulidwazi komanso chitsimikizo kuti Microsoft izithandizira Office for Mac kwa zaka zosachepera zisanu zikubwerazi. Chimodzi mwazinthu zofunika kwambiri pa mgwirizanowu chinali chakuti Apple idavomera kusiya mlandu womwe watenga nthawi yayitali. Izi zidakhudza Microsoft akuti amakopera mawonekedwe ndi "kumveka konse" kwa Mac OS, malinga ndi Apple. Microsoft, yomwe inali kuyang'aniridwa ndi akuluakulu a antitrust panthawiyo, adalandiradi izi.
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Zofunikira MacWorld
Mu 1997, msonkhano wa MacWorld unachitikira ku Boston. Steve Jobs adalengeza padziko lonse lapansi kuti Microsoft yasankha kuthandiza Apple pazachuma. Zinali chochitika chachikulu cha Apple m'njira zambiri, ndipo Steve Jobs, mwa zina, adakhala watsopano - ngakhale wanthawi yochepa - CEO wa kampani ya Cupertino. Ngakhale thandizo lazachuma lomwe adapatsa Apple, Bill Gates sanalandilidwe mwachikondi ku MacWorld. Pamene adawonekera pazenera kuseri kwa Jobs panthawi ya teleconference, ena mwa omvera adayamba kulira mokwiya.
Komabe, MacWorld mu 1997 sichinali mu mzimu wa ndalama za Gates. Jobs adalengezanso kukonzanso kwa board of director a Apple pamsonkhanowu. "Inali bolodi loyipa, bolodi loyipa," Jobs sanachedwe kudzudzula. Mwa mamembala oyambilira a board, ndi Gareth Chang ndi Edward Woolard Jr. okha, omwe adatenga nawo gawo pakuchotsa omwe adatsogolera Jobs, Gil Amelia, omwe adatsalira m'malo awo.
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"Ndinavomereza kuti Woolard ndi Chang azikhala," adatero Jobs pokambirana ndi wolemba mbiri yake, Walter Isaacson. Ananenanso kuti Woolard ndi "m'modzi mwa mamembala abwino kwambiri omwe ndidakumanapo nawo. Anapitiriza kufotokoza Woolard monga mmodzi mwa anthu othandiza komanso anzeru kwambiri omwe adakumanapo nawo. Mosiyana ndi izi, malinga ndi Jobs, Chang adakhala "zero chabe." Sanali woyipa, anali zero, ”adatero Jobs ndi kudzimvera chisoni. Mike Markkula, Investor wamkulu woyamba komanso munthu yemwe adathandizira kubwerera kwa Jobs ku kampaniyo, adasiyanso Apple panthawiyo. William Campbell wochokera ku Intuit, Larry Ellison wochokera ku Oracle, kapena Jerome York, mwachitsanzo, yemwe ankagwira ntchito ku IBM ndi Chrysler, anaima pa komiti ya oyang'anira kumene. "Bungwe lakale linali logwirizana ndi zakale, ndipo zam'mbuyo zinali zolephera zazikulu," adatero Campbell mu kanema wowonetsedwa ku MacWorld. "Bungwe latsopanoli limabweretsa chiyembekezo," adawonjezera.
Chitsime: ChikhalidweMac
