AbakwaSamsung, njengazo zonke ezinye izinkampani emhlabeni, benza isinqumo esingalungile ngezikhathi ezithile. Yilokho kanye okwenzeka kuye ngo-2005 ngenkathi umthuthukisi u-Andy Rubin esebenza ohlelweni lwakhe lokusebenza lwamakhamera edijithali. Uhlelo lwakhe lwalungenalo igama Android futhi ngaleso sikhathi ngokusobala nombhali wayo wayengazi ukuthi eminyakeni eyi-10 indalo yakhe yayizoba uhlelo olusetshenziswa kakhulu lweselula emhlabeni. Umqondo wokuthi lolu hlelo lungathuthelwa ocingweni lwavela ngokuhamba kwesikhathi.
URubin waqala ukubona umbono wakhe esikhathini eside esidlule. Amaphrojekthi akhe angaphambili, i-Danger, Inc. kanye nokusebenzisana ocingweni lwe-T-Mobile Sidekick kwamlethela ulwazi ayefuna ukulusebenzisela uhlelo olusha Android. Ngakho-ke wasungula inkampani ngo-Okthoba 2003 Android, kodwa ngemva konyaka umsebenzi waqala ukulahlekelwa imali. Ngakho-ke, emzamweni wokulondoloza iphrojekthi, uRubin wacela izinkampani ezinkulu ukuthi zitshale imali kuphrojekthi, noma zithenge. Futhi bambalwa abantu okungenzeka babekwazi lokho kubanikazi abangaba khona Androidungaba ngoweSamsung. Bonke abasebenzi abangu-8 benkampani bandize baya eSeoul emhlanganweni nabaphathi bakwaSamsung Android.
Lo mhlangano ubuhanjelwe ngabaphathi abaphezulu abangama-20 bakwaSamsung. Nakuba uRubin ekhuthaza umbono wakhe, wawukhuthaza ngeze. Njengoba uRubin esho, ukusabela kwenkampani yaseNingizimu Korea kungafaniswa nalokhu: “Yiliphi ibutho labantu elizosebenza nani kulo msebenzi? Unabantu abayisithupha ngaphansi kwakho. Ubungekho yini?'. Ngamanye amazwi, abakwaSamsung bamane bengenantshisekelo kuphrojekthi yakhe. Kodwa amatafula aphenduka futhi ukudumala kwaphela emasontweni amabili. Ngemva kwamasonto amabili, Android ibe yingxenye egcwele ye-Google. U-Larry Page wahlangana no-Andy Rubin ekuqaleni kuka-2005 futhi esikhundleni sokumnika utshalomali, waphakamisa ukuthi athenge inkampani yakhe ngokuqondile. Abaphathi be-Google bafuna ukushintsha imakethe yomakhalekhukhwini futhi babona ukuthi bakwenzile Android ngizokwazi ukumsiza ngalokho.
*Umthombo: IfoniArena
