Re: Pirates of Silicon Valley

[hgrabows@vt.edu (Hank)]

In article <7km6n4$kk4$1@nnrp1.deja.com>, vendingmaster@my-deja.com 
says...
>
>I agree.  It was rather anti-Apple.  Maybe The Master of
>Evil himself (Gates) had a behind the scenes roll in it.
>At any rate, it was a pretty one sided story.  Did enjoy
>seeing all of the old hardware though.  I thought I saw
>an Apple III in the last half.  It was in the background,
>so maybe I was wrong.  Did anyone else see an A III?
>Speaking of the Apple III, a friend of mine could
>have got one with a bad monitor this weekend for $30.00!
>I told him if he ever sees another at that price to get
>it for me!
>
>

There was an Apple III on Woz's desk in the scene where he
is discussing the name "Lisa" with Steve Jobs.


I thought the movie came across very pro-Apple.  Gates was
more sinsister and manipulative than you can imagine.  While
Jobs was made to look like an arrogant ass, he certainly
was put in a better light than Gates.