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Ina hoatu e Steve Jobs he Porsche ki a koe i te rua tekau ma toru tau, ka mohio koe ka whai oranga koe. Koira tonu te aitua i pa ki a Craig Elliott, te kaiwhakarewa me te Tumuaki o Pertino, he timatanga hou o Silicon Valley e tata ana ki te maakete.

I timata te korero katoa i te tau 1984, i te wa e wehe ana a Elliott mo te kotahi tau mai i te kaareti me te noho ki Iowa. "I mutu ahau ki tetahi toa rorohiko o te rohe, a koinei te tau i puta mai ai te Macintosh. I taua wa, he maha atu nga Macintosh i hokona atu e au i etahi atu o te United States." Ka maumahara a Elliott, 52 tau te pakeke i tenei ra.

Na tenei, i whiwhi ia i te powhiri mai i a Apple ki a Cupertino. "I kai tahi ahau me Steve Jobs, kotahi wiki i noho ahau me nga rangatira rangatira o Apple, a i homai e Steve he Porsche ki ahau," E korero ana a Elliott, me te whakaae ko te kai tahi me te kaiwhakarewa o Apple i tata ki te mate kino. Ka patai a Jobs ki a ia e hia nga Mac i hokona e ia. Ko te whakautu: tata ki te 125.

"Ka karanga a Jobs i taua wa 'E toku Atua! Heoi ano? He tino pouri!'" E whakaatu ana a Elliott i te haere o tana kai nui. "I piko atu ahau ka ki atu, 'E Steve, kaua e wareware ko ahau to tangata tino pai.' Na ka whakahoki a Jobs, 'Ae, ka tika koe.' Ko te toenga o te kai i mahia i roto i te ahua pai."

Hei taa Elliott, koira tonu te ahua o Steve Jobs - he tino ngakau nui, engari i to turaki i a ia, ka eke ia ki runga. I tukuna ano e Jobs tetahi mahi ki a Elliott, engari ehara ia i te rangatira mo te roa, i te mea i panaia ia i a Apple i te tau i muri mai. Heoi, i mahi a Elliott mo te kamupene aporo mo te tekau tau katoa, e tiaki ana i te pakihi Ipurangi me te hokohoko-e.

I te hokinga mai o Jobs ki a Apple, i herea a Elliott e te kamupene whakaoho whatunga a Packeteer, i noho ai ia hei Tumuaki. I muri mai ka haere a Elliott ki te iwi whanui i te tau 2008 ka hokona atu a Packeteer ki te Blue Coat Systems mo te $268 miriona. Whai muri i tenei tauwhitinga angitu, ka haere ia ki Aotearoa, ka hiahia ia ki te whakangawari me tona whanau me te noho hei anahera moni.

I raro i nga ahuatanga noa, koinei pea te mutunga o nga korero a Elliott, engari kaore e taea mo te kaiwhakarewa takirua a Pertin a Scott Hankins. Ko Hankins tetahi atu ahuatanga whakamere, na te mea i waiho e ia he waahi utu nui ki te hanga robots NASA ki te neke ki te raorao na te mea i whakaaro ia he pai ake te umanga hangarau i te waahi.

I mahi ano a Hankins i mua i Packeteer, a, i te haerenga a Elliott ki Aotearoa, ka waea tonu a Hankins ki a ia me te whakatakoto i ana whakaaro whakaoho. Kare tonu a Elliott i kii kia rongo ia mo Pertina. Na tera whakaaro, i te mutunga ka tango ia i ana moni, ka hoki ki te Raorao, ka noho hei kaiwhakahaere matua mo te kaupapa hou.

Ko te kaupapa Pertino kei te huna huna tonu, engari ka hura manahia, ka tukuna he huarahi hou ki nga kamupene ki te hanga hononga. Na ka taea e tatou anake te titiro whakamua ki nga mea ka taea tonu e te tangata i hoatu e Steve Jobs he Porsche i te 23 o ona tau.

Puna: businessinsider.com
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