Pirates Of Silicone Valley

by Thinker Email

(updated from my old blog)
Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999)

Movie info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0168122

This film is the semi-humorous documentary about the men who made the world of technology what it is today, their struggles during college, the founding of their companies, and the ingenious actions they took to build up the global corporate empires of Apple Computer Corporation and Microsoft Inc. Written by Flotis

Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999) is an unauthorized made-for-television docudrama written and directed by Martyn Burke. Based on the book, Fire in the Valley: The Making of The Personal Computer, by Paul Freiberger and Michael Swaine, this film documents the rise of the home computer (personal computer) through the rivalry between Apple Computer (Apple II and the Apple Macintosh) and Microsoft (MITS Altair, D.O.S., I.B.M. P.C., and Windows).

The central story of the film begins in the early 1970s and ends with a birthday toast in 1985 to Steve Jobs shortly before he was fired by CEO John Sculley from Apple Computer.
more @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirates_of_Silicon_Valley

On a quick note you will see that Apple/Macintosh was already a solid company while Microsoft was a little thing.
Apple was creating, inventing and designing while Microsoft was stealing and manipulating the knowledge of others
and you can see it very clear after 1h and 20 minutes of this movie.

After 1h 35min the conclusion is obvious.
Once i asked someone that meet bill gates something that i read about Bill gates: " he is a nice guy but when it comes to business he will screw you if he has too". And i asked if it was true.
I was told... "100%"

I wonder if Jobs had told Bill gates to F&*% off back then, if M$ would be M$ today

Today, if you try and test both operating systems; the conclusion is simple: MAC is MAC and Windows is like a big burger that looks and smells nice but has not nutritional content