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Interesting to see one of the characters (and Acorn founder) Herman Hauser commenting last week on ARM's buyout. Also check out Bedrooms to Billions for more on the UK scene - the first one is general about the home computing scene in the 80s and early nineties, and the same documentary maker has just finished a 2nd doc about the Amiga years.
Sixteen years ago, when I was making my television series Triumph of the Nerds, I interviewed Steve Jobs. That was in 1995. Ten years earlier, Steve had left Apple following a bruising struggle with John Sculley, the CEO he'd brought into the company.
Twenty years ago Allen and his high school friend, Bill Gates, were running a two-man software company called Microsoft. Today Allen is richer than God and Gates is richer than Allen.
Triumph of the Nerds. It happened more or less by accident; the people who made it happen were amateurs; and for the most part they still are. From his own Silicon Valley garage, author Bob Cringely puts PC bigshots and nerds on the spot, and tells their incredible true stories.
THE TELEVISION PROGRAM TRANSCRIPTS Part 1; Part 2; Part 3 || History || Who Are These Nerds? || Guess the Computer || The Transcript || || Comments || Q & A With Bob ...
It has involved huge gambles, passionate commitment, dramatic setbacks and required the occasional crushing of rivals and allies. It's the triumph of Bill Gates' commercial vision.
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Triumph of the Nerds: With Robert X. Cringely, Steve Jobs, Douglas Adams, Bill Gates. Three part documentary series that tells the story of the birth of the personal computer, with the candid recollections of PC pioneers, like Steve Wozniak, Steve Jobs and Bill Gates.
