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Bayan makaranta, ya fara a Hewlett-Packard, ya kafa kamfanoni da yawa, kuma ya yi aiki ga Steve Jobs daga 1997-2006. Ya jagoranci Palm, memba ne na kwamitin gudanarwa na Amazon, kuma shi ne sabon mai kula da Qualcomm. Shi injiniyan kayan masarufi ne dan Amurka kuma sunansa Jon Rubinstein. Yau daidai shekaru 12 ke nan tun da aka ƙaddamar da iPod na farko. Kuma a kansa Rubinstein ya bar rubutun hannunsa.

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An haifi Jonathan J. Rubinstein a shekara ta 1956 a birnin New York. A jihar New York ta Amurka, ya zama injiniyan injiniya a fannin injiniyan lantarki a jami'ar Cornell da ke Ithaca, ya kuma sami shaidar difloma a fannin binciken kwamfuta daga jami'ar jihar Colorado ta Fort Collins. Rubinstein ya fara aikinsa ne a Hewlett-Packard a Colorado, wanda daya daga cikin ma'aikatansa na gaba, Steve Jobs, ya yi tsokaci da dan wulakanci: "A ƙarshe, Ruby ya zo daga Hewlett-Packard. Kuma bai taba zurfafa zurfafawa ba, bai isa ba.'

Tun kafin Rubinstein ya sadu da Ayyuka, ya haɗu a kan farawa Kudin hannun jari Ardent Computer Corp. daga baya Tauraro (kamfanin ya haɓaka zane-zane don kwamfutoci na sirri). A cikin 1990, ya shiga Jobs a matsayin injiniyan kayan masarufi a NeXT, inda Ayyuka suke a matsayin babban darakta. Amma nan da nan NeXT ya daina haɓaka kayan masarufi, kuma Rubinstein ya fara aikin nasa. Yana kafawa Tsarin Gidan Wuta (Tsarin Wuta), wanda ya haɓaka tsarin ƙarshe tare da kwakwalwan kwamfuta na PowerPC da kuma amfani da fasaha daga NeXT. Suna da goyon baya mai ƙarfi a Canon, a cikin 1996 Motorola ya saye su. Koyaya, haɗin gwiwa tare da Ayyuka baya ƙare tare da tashi daga NeXT. A shekara ta 1990, a cikin ƙaddamar da Ayyuka, Rubinstein ya shiga Apple, inda ya rike mukamin babban mataimakin shugaban sashen hardware na tsawon shekaru 9 kuma ya kasance memba na kwamitin gudanarwa.

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Rubinstein ya shiga Apple watanni shida kafin Ayyuka ya dawo: “Wannan bala’i ne. A taƙaice, kamfanin ya fita daga kasuwanci. Ta rasa yadda za ta yi, hankalinta ya tashi.” Apple ya yi asarar kusan dala biliyan biyu a 1996 da 1997, kuma a hankali duniyar kwamfuta ta yi bankwana da shi: "Kwamfutar Apple ta Silicon Valley, wani tsari na rashin kulawa da kuma ruɗewar mafarkin fasaha, yana cikin rikici, yana zage-zage a hankali a hankali don magance durƙushewar tallace-tallace, girgiza dabarun fasaha mara kyau tare da kiyaye amintaccen alama daga zubar jini." Rubinstein, tare da Tevanian (shugaban sashen software), sun ziyarci Ayyuka a cikin waɗannan watanni shida kuma sun kawo masa bayanai daga Apple, kamar yadda Walter Isaacson ya bayyana a cikin tarihin Ayyukan Ayyuka. Tare da dawowar Ayyuka a cikin 1997, karɓar NeXT da "gyare-gyare", kamfanin ya sake tashi, har zuwa saman.

Babu shakka lokacin mafi nasara na Jon Rubinstein a Apple yana faruwa a cikin kaka na 2000, lokacin da Ayyuka "ya fara turawa don na'urar kiɗa mai ɗaukuwa." Rubinstein ya yi yaƙi da baya saboda ba shi da isassun sassan da suka dace. A ƙarshe, duk da haka, yana samun ƙaramin allo LCD mai dacewa kuma ya koyi game da sabon na'urar 1,8-inch tare da 5GB na ƙwaƙwalwar ajiya a Toshiba. Rubinstein yana murna kuma ya sadu da Ayyuka da yamma: "Na riga na san abin da zan yi a gaba. Ina bukatan cak na miliyan goma.” Ayyuka suna sa hannu ba tare da yin ido ba, don haka an aza harsashin ginin iPod. Tony Fadell da tawagarsa kuma suna shiga cikin ci gaban fasaha. Amma Rubinstein yana da isasshen aiki don samun Fadell zuwa Apple. Ya tara mutane kusan ashirin da suka shiga cikin aikin cikin dakin taro. Lokacin da Fadell ya shiga, Rubinstein ya ce masa: "Tony, ba za mu yi aiki a kan aikin ba sai kun sanya hannu kan kwangilar. Kuna tafiya ko a'a? Dole ne ku yanke shawara a yanzu.' Fadell ya kalli Rubinstein cikin ido, sannan ya juya ga masu sauraro ya ce: "Shin wannan na kowa ne a Apple, cewa mutane suna sanya hannu kan kwangiloli a karkashin tilas?"

Ƙananan iPod yana kawo Rubinstein ba kawai shahara ba, har ma da damuwa. Godiya ga dan wasan, rikici tsakaninsa da Fadell ya ci gaba da zurfafa. Wanene ya ƙirƙiri iPod? Rubinstein, wanda ya gano sassan don shi kuma ya gano yadda zai yi kama? Ko Fadell, wanda ya yi mafarki game da mai kunnawa tun kafin ya zo Apple kuma ya samo shi a nan? Tambayar da ba a warware ba. Rubinstein ƙarshe yanke shawarar barin Apple a 2005. Takaddama tsakaninsa da Jony Ive (mai tsarawa), amma kuma Tim Cook da shi kansa Ayuba suna kara yawaita. A cikin Maris 2006, Apple ya sanar da cewa Jon Rubinstein zai tafi, amma zai ba da kashi 20 cikin dari na lokacinsa a kowane mako ga Apple don tuntuɓar.

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Bayan barin Apple, Rubinstein ya karɓi tayin daga Palm Inc., inda ya zauna a kan hukumar gudanarwa kuma yana kula da samfuran kamfanin. Yana jagorantar ci gaban su da bincike. Yana sabunta layin samfur anan kuma yana sake fasalin haɓakawa da bincike, wanda shine tsakiyar ci gaba na webOS da Palm Pre. A cikin 2009, kafin a fito da Palm Pre, Rubinstein ana kiransa Shugaba na Palm Inc. Palm ƙoƙarin yin gasa tare da iPhone tabbas bai sa Ayyuka suyi farin ciki ba, ko da ƙasa da Rubinstein a heman. "Tabbas an ketare ni daga jerin Kirsimeti," Rubinstein ya ce.

A cikin 2010, mahaifin iPod, da ɗan ba da gangan ba, ya koma wurin aikinsa na farko. Hewlett-Packard yana siyan Palm akan dala biliyan 1,2, yana fatan farfado da tsohon babban mai kera waya. Rubinstein ya kulla yarjejeniyar zama tare da kamfanin na tsawon watanni 24 bayan siyan. Yana da ban sha'awa yadda HP ke kimanta wannan matakin bayan shekaru uku - asara ce: "Idan mun san za su rufe shi kuma su rufe shi, ba tare da wata dama ta gaske ta sake farawa ba, wane ma'ana zai yi don sayar da kasuwancin?" Hewlett-Packard ya ba da sanarwar dakatar da haɓakawa da siyar da na'urori tare da webOS, gami da sabbin na'urori masu wayo na TouchPad da webOS, waɗanda suka rage akan ƙididdigar tallace-tallace na 'yan watanni kawai. A watan Janairun 2012, Rubinstein ya sanar da ficewarsa daga HP kamar yadda yarjejeniyar ta tanada, yana mai cewa ba hutu ba ne, amma hutu ne. Bai wuce shekara daya da rabi ba. Tun watan Mayu na wannan shekara, Rubinstein ya kasance memba na babban gudanarwa na Qualcomm.

Albarkatu: TechCrunch.com, ZDNet.de, blog.barrons.com

Author: Karolina Heroldova

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