CEDU 581 - Week 3

Continuation of Week 2 blog, "A reflection of all the OS activities completed thus far":
2 points. Watch "Pirates of Silicon Valley"

From wikipedia.org,"Pirates of Silicon Valley is a 1999 film based on the book Fire in the Valley: The Making of The Personal Computer by Paul Freiberger and Michael Swaine. It is a made-for-television docudrama written and directed by Martyn Burke which documents the rise of the home computer (personal computer) through the rivalry between Apple Computer and Microsoft. The film stars Anthony Michael Hall as Bill Gates and Noah Wyle as Steve Jobs."

Ths was the first movie that I watched in its entirety on U-Tube. Pretty cool.

My favorite quotes from the movie:
Steve Jobs on IBM, "They're a bloated enemy in a crumbling castle."
Steve Jobs to Woz, "Maybe fun is just fragments of existence with better packaging."

Other comments inspired by the movie:
* Berkeley in the early 70's....wish I had been there.
* I never knew what a major role Xerox had played...
* Good old Woz. Never judge a man on his appearance alone.
* Most disturbing scene: Jobs throwing frisbees to his employees.
* Bill Gates on skates reminds me of my pre-teen years at Skateland. While my friends were mocking him, I always felt bad for "that guy"...epsecially after I ran over his knuckles.
* Who never sees his kid but names a computer after her. Weird.
* Enjoyed the movie much more than I anticipated.