Re: Pirates of Silicon Valley

[phoenyx <phoenyx@texas.net>]

bedlam wrote:

> What do you guys think about the "docudrama" that TNT aired last night,
> "Pirates of Silicon Valley"?
>
> I've heard that Steve Jobs is a terrible boss to work for, but he was
> portrayed as an egomaniacal psychotic on the show.  Bill Gates, on the other
> hand, came off looking like the Saint of the Silicon Chip, if you ask me.
> Is Ted Turner buddies with Bill Gates?  Is somebody afraid of the iMac, the
> best selling computer right now?  What's going on with this?  I smell a
> private agenda.
>
> Robert

Well, I'm curious about something. How did Apple get a copyright from Microsoft
for Applesoft basic. On my //c (march 1984 / pre mac) there is a microsoft
registration marker. The show made it sound like Apple didn't even deal with
Microsoft until the Mac.

For those of us who remember the era, lots of things were 'off'. I think the
portrayal of Jobs is sorta accurate
but on Gates, they gotta be kidding. The only time they came close was when he
was telling his people he
wanted the Mac OS

BluPhoenyx