Pani hoʻolaha

ʻO ka lā 2 o Pepeluali i ka makahiki 1996. Aia ʻo Apple i kāna "Jobless era" a ke hakakā nei. ʻAʻohe mea i kahaha nui i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o ke kūlana e koi ai i kahi hoʻololi radical i ka hoʻokele, a ua hoʻololi ʻia ʻo Michael "Diesel" Spindler ma ke poʻo o ka hui e Gil Amelio.

Ma muli o ke kūʻai aku ʻana o Mac, kahi hoʻolālā cloning Mac pōʻino, a me kahi hui ʻole me Sun Microsystems, ua noi ʻia ʻo Spindler e haʻalele e ka papa alakaʻi o Apple. Ua koho ʻia ʻo Amelio i manaʻo ʻia i ke kūlana CEO ma Cupertino. ʻO ka mea pōʻino, ua ʻike ʻia ʻaʻole ia he hoʻomaikaʻi koʻikoʻi ma luna o Spindler.

ʻAʻole maʻalahi ʻo Apple i ka makahiki 90. Ua ho'āʻoʻo ia me nā laina huahana hou a hana i nā mea a pau e noho ma ka mākeke. ʻAʻole hiki ke ʻōlelo ʻia ʻaʻole mālama ʻo ia i kāna mau huahana, akā ʻaʻole i hoʻokō ʻia kāna mau hana me ka kūleʻa i makemake ʻia. I ʻole e pilikia i ke kālā, ʻaʻole makaʻu ʻo Apple i ka hana ʻana i nā hana koʻikoʻi. Ma hope o ka hoʻololi ʻana iā John Sculley ma ke ʻano he Luna Nui ma Iune 1993, ua ʻoki koke ʻo Spindler i nā limahana a me nā hana noiʻi a me nā hana hoʻomohala ʻaʻole e uku i ka wā e hiki mai ana. ʻO ka hopena, ua ulu ʻo Apple no kekahi mau hapaha i ka lālani - a ua pālua kāna kumukūʻai.

Ua mālama pū ʻo Spindler i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka Power Mac, e hoʻolālā ana e hoʻohuli hou iā Apple ma kahi hoʻonui nui Mac. Eia naʻe, ʻo ka hoʻolālā a Spindler e kūʻai aku i nā clones Mac i hōʻike ʻia i ka pōʻino no Apple. Ua laikini ka hui Cupertino i nā ʻenehana Mac i nā mea hana ʻaoʻao ʻekolu e like me Power Computing a me Radius. Me he mea lā he manaʻo maikaʻi ia ma ke kumumanaʻo, akā ua hoʻi hope. ʻAʻole ʻoi aku ka nui o nā Mac, akā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā clones Mac, e hōʻemi ana i ka loaʻa kālā o Apple. Ua pilikia pū kekahi ʻoihana ponoʻī o Apple - hoʻomanaʻo paha kekahi i ka hihia me kekahi mau puke PowerBook 5300 e hopu ana i ke ahi.

I ka wā i hāʻule ai kahi hui pū me Sun Microsystems, ua ʻike ʻo Spindler iā ia iho i waho o ka pāʻani ma Apple. ʻAʻole i hāʻawi ka papa i ka manawa e hoʻohuli ai i nā mea. ʻO Gil Amelio ka hope o Spindler i hele mai me ka inoa paʻa. I kona manawa i Luna Nui o National Semiconductor, ua lawe ʻo ia i kahi hui i nalowale i $ 320 miliona ma mua o ʻehā mau makahiki a lilo ia i waiwai.

Loaʻa iā ia kahi ʻenehana ikaika. Ma ke ʻano he kauka kauka, ua komo ʻo ia i ka hana ʻana o ka hāmeʻa CCD, i lilo i kumu no nā scanners a me nā kiʻi kamepiula. I Nowemapa 1994, lilo ʻo ia i lālā o ka papa alakaʻi o Apple. Eia nō naʻe, hoʻokahi pōmaikaʻi koʻikoʻi ko Gil Amelia ma ke poʻo o ka hui - ma lalo o kāna alakaʻi, kūʻai ʻo Apple iā NeXT, i hiki ai iā Steve Jobs ke hoʻi i Cupertino i ka makahiki 1997.

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