Re: Apple II seen on PBS

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RE: Re: Apple II seen on PBS

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C>In article <4q4bp0$rb0@bocanews.bocaraton.ibm.com>,
C>philip@io.bocaraton.ibm.com (Philip Stephens) wrote:
C>
C>> Bill Scheffler writes:
C>> 
C>> >       They made Jobs look like some young punk (not that I'm fond of him
C>> > or anything -- he basically killed the II), and Bill Gates like some
C>> > genius.
C>> 
C>>   Actually, I got the distinct impression from part 3 that they thought
C>> Bill Gates just got lucky capitalizing on the work done by Xerox and
C>> Apple
C>
C>   I watched the whole show and pretty much liked what I saw, especially
C>the Apple ][ stuff.  I agree with Phillip; they did make damn sure
C>everybody knew that the GUI was _not_ Bill Gates' idea and others (i.e.
C>Apple) had done it well before and much better than Microsoft.  Steve Jobs
C>was much more blunt about it; he came a gnat's breath away from calling
C>Gates a two bit theif.
C>
C>>   I don't think the show was perfect; they omitted a lot of stuff, and
C>> the host didn't really seem to understand computers all that well...
C>
C>   The host name is (I think his first name is Andrew) Cringley (sp?).  He
C>described himself as a 'gossip' columnist for a computer mag.  I don't
C>know if that means he has much technical knowledge.  The show was actually
C>based on his book "Accidental Empires" which chronicles the founding of
C>the PC (generic term, not IBM) industry by these 'nerds'.  I haven't seen
C>the book but I think I'll put it on my summer reading list.
C>
C>Overall I thought the show covered a lot of ground in 3 hours; I just wish
C>PBS had broken it up over 2 nights.
C>
C>-- 
C>Kevin M. Carr
C>Research Assistant
C>Department of Biochemistry
C>Michigan State University