Emcabangweni wamanje ohlangene, umbango phakathi Apple y Microsoft Kubhekwa njengokungqubuzana kwezindawo zemvelo ezivaliwe kanye namafilosofi aphikisanayo. Kodwa-ke, ukuvubukulwa kwedijithali kwembula iqiniso elinomqondo obanzi kakhulu, futhi kwabaningi, eliphikisanayo. Kwakukhona isikhathi lapho I-Macintosh Kwakungeyona imbangi uBill Gates okwakumelwe ayinqobe, kodwa kunalokho kwakuyi-canvas engenalutho lapho ithuluzi lesofthiwe elinamandla kakhulu emlandweni wanamuhla lalizokwakhiwa khona: I-Microsoft Office.
Akunakwenzeka ukuqonda isimo samanje se- ukukhiqiza ohlelweni lwe-Apple Ngaphandle kokubheka emuva, ikakhulukazi maphakathi nawo-80. Ngaphambi kokuba i-Windows Start Menu ibe yinto yansuku zonke, onjiniyela beMicrosoft babematasa kakhulu nge-graphical user interface (GUI) uSteve Jobs ayeyilungisile. Lokhu kuhlangana kokuqala kwakungeyona ingozi, kodwa kwakuyisidingo samasu kuzo zombili izinkampani ezazizogcina zichaza imakethe yesofthiwe yobungcweti eminyakeni engamashumi amane ezayo.
I-Macintosh njengelabhorethri yokuhlola kaBill Gates
Kuyathakazelisa ukukhumbula ukuthi, ngesikhathi sokuthuthukiswa kwe I-Macintosh 128KI-Microsoft yayingomunye wabangane abaseduze kakhulu be-Apple. Ngesikhathi uSteve Jobs efuna izinhlelo zokusebenza ezazizoqinisekisa ukuthi ikhona "ikhompyutha yakhe kithi sonke," uGates wabona ihadiwe ye-Apple njengethuba elihle lokusuka ezweni elikhathazayo nelinobunye be- MS-DOSKwakukule ndawo lapho izinhlelo ezifana iZwi y Excel Bathole ubunjalo babo bangempela bokubona nokusebenza.
Okokuqala ExcelYakhishwa ngo-1985, kwakungeyona umkhiqizo we-PC, kodwa kwakuyi-Mac kuphela. Ngaleso sikhathi, iMicrosoft yayikuqonda lokho ukukhohlisa okuqondile Ukufakwa kwedatha ngegundane kwakuyikusasa, futhi i-Mac kwakuyiyona kuphela iplatifomu eyayikwazi ukufeza lowo mbono ngobuchwepheshe. I-Apple inikeze ihadiwe entsha, kanti i-Microsoft yaba usizo olusebenzayo—iholidi lomshado lobuchwepheshe abambalwa kithi abalikhumbula ngokucacile okufanele.
"Ngawo-80, iMicrosoft yanikela onjiniyela abaningi ekuthuthukiseni isofthiwe yeMacintosh kune-Apple uqobo. Empeleni, babeyigatsha lesofthiwe elibaluleke kakhulu eCupertino."
Lokhu kubambisana yikho okwavumela IMicrosoft Word 1.0 kwe-Mac kwaba yindinganiso yangempela yokuhlela umbhalo ngamafonti alinganayo kanye nokubonisa WYSIWYG (Lokho Okubonayo Yilokho Okutholayo). Ngaphandle kwe-Mac, i-Word ngabe isalokhu iyithuluzi elingacacile elisekelwe emiyalweni yekhibhodi. I-Apple inikeze isingathekiso sedeskithophu, kodwa i-Microsoft yagcwalisa amadrowa ngamathuluzi amabhizinisi ayewadinga ngempela ukuze ayeke umshini wokubhala.
1989: Ukuzalwa okusemthethweni kwe-"Office" Suite
Nakuba izinhlelo zokusebenza ngazinye sezivele zikhona, umqondo wokuthi "Isudi Yokukhiqiza" Njengephakheji ehlanganisiwe, yaqala ngokusemthethweni ku-Mac ngo-1989. I-Apple yayiyipulatifomu eyakhethwa ekuqaleni kwe- I-Microsoft Officeukuhlanganisa i-Word, i-Excel, ne-PowerPoint ngaphansi komkhiqizo owodwa. Lesi sinqumo sasingeyona into yokubonisa umusa; sabonisa ukukhula kokuvuthwa kwabasebenzisi be-Mac abase bejwayele ukwenza imisebenzi eminingi ngesikhathi esisodwa kanye nokuvumelana kokubona kuzo zonke izinhlelo zokusebenza.
Ukushintshela kwala mathuluzi ku-Windows 3.0 eminyakeni kamuva kwaba yiphutha elikhulu engxenyeni yemakethe ye-Apple. I-Microsoft isebenzise izifundo ezifundwe ku-Mac ukuze ithuthukise izinhlelo zayo zokusebenza bese iziletha ohlelweni lwayo lokusebenza, idla inzuzo yokuncintisana ye-Jobs. Yilapho sibona khona ukushintshela kwe- Kwakuyinkathi yokubambisana kuya ku inkathi yokubusalapho isofthiwe yayeka ukuba ukusekelwa kwehadiwe futhi yaba yihhashi leTrojan leMicrosoft.
Umthelela kumsebenzisi: Inkululeko ekubekweni kwezindinganiso
Kumsebenzisi ovula i-MacBook Air namuhla ukuze ahlele umbhalo, le ndaba inethonya eliqondile: ukucaca kokusebenzaUkuhluka kwasekuqaleni kwe-Office on Mac kwasungula isisekelo sendlela uhlelo lokusebenza lochwepheshe okufanele luziphathe ngayo ku-macOS. Izinto ezifana nebha yemenyu ephezulu kanye nezinqamuleli zekhibhodi eziqondene ne-Mac zagcinwa ngoba iMicrosoft yafunda ukuhlela "ngendlela ye-Apple" ngaphambi kwanoma ubani omunye.
Lokhu kusho ukuthi, naphezu kwezimpi zokuhweba, umsebenzisi akakabanjwa. Ukuba khona kwe-Office ku-Mac kusukela ngosuku lokuqala kwavimbela i-Apple ecosystem ukuthi ihlukane nendawo yokudala noma yezemfundo kuphela. Kwanika i-Mac ipasipoti yenkampani okudingekayo ukuze ungene emahhovisi emhlabeni jikelele. Ngaphandle kwaleso sisekelo sobuchwepheshe, esazalwa ngo-1985, i-Mac cishe ngabe ayizange isinde ekubusweni kwama-clone e-PC ngawo-90.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukuncintisana okuvela kuMicrosoft kwaphoqa i-Apple ukuthi ithuthukise amathuluzi ayo. Amakhasi, Izinombolo, ne-Keynote Zikhona namuhla njengempendulo enhle nelula, egxile ekubukekeni nasekulula, ekujuleni kwe-Office ngezinye izikhathi okumangalisayo. Abasebenzisi be-Apple manje bayazuza ngokuba nezinto ezinhle kakhulu zomhlaba womabili: i-suite eyazalelwa umshini wabo kanye nenye indlela i-Apple eyaklama ukuzama ukuyidlula.
Ngesikhathi esizayo lapho uvula idokhumenti ye-Word ku-Mac yakho, khumbula ukuthi awusebenzisi isofthiwe "ebolekiwe" ku-Windows. Usebenzisa ithuluzi, empeleni, elaklanywa yi-Macintosh futhi lenzelwe yona. Ithuluzi elisikhumbuza ukuthi izitha zanamuhla zazingabalingani ababalulekile besikhathi esidlule.
