I-Geohot ifuna ukudala "ikhithi yokuqhuba ngokuzimeleyo", ngaphantsi kwe-900 euro.
Igama lakhe nguGeorge Francis Hotz, kodwa kwihlabathi lokugqekeza (ubuqhetseba bekhompyuter) waziwa njenge-geohot, isigidi sama-75 okanye iwaka nje. Nge-17, wayengumntu wokuqala "ukuphula" inkqubo yokhuseleko ye-iPhone kwaye ngaphambi kokuba abe neminyaka engama-20 wayesele ephule inkqubo ye-homebrew ye-Playstation 3.EZIQHELEKILEYO: Ukukhululwa kweemoto kusondele
Ngoku uneminyaka engama-26 ubudala, uGeorge Hotz, uzinikele kumsebenzi obalaseleyo kunye mhlawumbi onzima ngakumbi. Enye yazo yenzeke kwigaraji yakhe elumkileyo. Eyedwa, uHotz uzinikele kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo ekuphuhliseni inkqubo yokuzimela ekwaziyo ukuhambelana neenkqubo eziphuhliswe zizigebenga zeshishini leemoto.
Indoda echasene neqela leenjineli ezixhaswa ngezigidi zeeyuro. Ngaba kunokwenzeka? Kubonakala kunjalo. Uninzi. Ngokutsho kukaHotz, inkqubo yayo yokuqhuba ngokuzimeleyo isekelwe kwinkqubo yengqondo ephucukileyo eyenziweyo, ekwaziyo ukufunda ukuqhuba ngomzekelo wezinye iimoto: okukhona uchitha ixesha elininzi endleleni, kokukhona ufunda.
Kungekudala, uGeorge Hotz ukholelwa ukuba uya kukwazi ukwenza le kiti yokuqhuba ifumaneke kwiimoto ezininzi, ngexabiso elingaphantsi kwe-900 euro.