Akekho noyedwa wethu okwaziyo ukucabanga ngemali ekhokhelwe uFacebook kuWhatsApp futhi angafiki ekucabangeni ukuthi yimali eningi kakhulu yokufaka isicelo. I-Google kuthiwa izimisele ukukhokha imali ethe xaxa, nakuba isikhulu esiphezulu kwa-Android sithe abasifakanga isicelo sokuthola i-WhatsApp. Manje, umqondisi webhizinisi uthe leyo mali iyihaba enkampanini enabasebenzi abangu-55.
Kwakusengqungqutheleni yezobuchwepheshe kaMorgan Stanley eSan Francisco. U-Nikesh Arora, ongumqondisi webhizinisi enkampanini yaseMountain View, unikeze umbono wakhe ngokuthengwa kwe-WhatsApp nguFacebook ngezigidi zamarandi, osekudle izigidi ezingu-19 zamarandi. UScott Devitt, oxoxisana noMorgan Stanley, wambuza ukuthi, njengoba i-WhatsApp isiyingxenye ye-Facebook, bacabanga ukuthenga enye inkampani ezinikele ekuthumeleni imiyalezo ngokushesha. U-Nikesh wawuqonda ngokugcwele umbuzo wangempela wokuzifihla kuka-Devitt, futhi waphendula ngemibuzo emibili engacacile: “$500 million isisebenzi ngasinye? Ingabe iwukusebenzisa kahle imali yethu?
Akukona ngempela $ 500 million, kodwa $ 345 million umsebenzi ngamunye. Noma kunjalo, kuseyisibalo esiyihaba futhi kuqondwa kahle ukuthi isikhulu se-Google sifuna ukuthini. I-Facebook ikhokhele kakhulu i-WhatsApp. Futhi enye yezinkomba okufanele siyilinganise yilokho abakutholayo lapho bethola inkampani eshiwo. Endabeni ye-Google noma i-Apple, lapho bethenga izinkampani, abakwenzeli umkhiqizo kuphela, kodwa ngoba ngale ndlela abasebenzi abakhethekile baleyo nkampani baya emsebenzini nabo. Yilokhu okwenzeka ngeSiri ngokwesibonelo. Kodwa-ke, endabeni ye-WhatsApp sikhuluma ngabantu abangama-55 ngenani eliphakeme kakhulu. Ngaphezu kwalokho, inkimbinkimbi ye-WhatsApp akuyona into ongayibhalela ekhaya, ngakho-ke kungenzeka ukuthi sikhuluma, ikakhulukazi, ngonjiniyela ababengaqasha ngo-zero euro, kuphela okumele babakhokhele iholo labo elihambisanayo. Noma ngabe kunjalo, i-Facebook icabange ukuthi i- $ 19 million iyinani elifanelekile lohlelo lokusebenza olufana ne-WhatsApp. Kuyacaca ukuthi banamasu okuthi babuyise lokho okuchithiwe.
Ngicabanga ukuthi i-Facebook icabange ukuthi kuwumqondo omuhle ukuba ne-WhatsApp ohlangothini lwayo hhayi njengomuntu oqhudelana naye, kodwa ngicabanga ukuthi kwakuwubuwula ukukhokha okungaka.
Iqiniso lithi uma ngikhokha kakhulu, ngakolunye uhlangothi bengingancamela ukuthi iGoogle ithenge yona hhayi uFacebook, ake sime ngezinganekwane, uma kwenzeka uFacebook ungenalo irekhodi elihle ngokwemfihlo yabasebenzisi, noma ngabe bathi umsebenzi ozimele ngamunye uyindaba emsulwa, inganekwane kanye nenganekwane.