RE: FN-FORUM: have a look at this.. interesting stuff..

date posted 1st June 2004 15:04

Their was also a very good film called:

"Pirates of Silicon Valley"

I am sure many on here have seen it, it is about the rise and fight between
Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, an excellent film!!



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On 31 May 2004, at 08:47, Joe Pritchard wrote:

>
> Very cool stuff!
>
> If you ever find a copy, take a look at Robert Cringely's book -
> 'Accidental
> Empires : How the boys of Silicon Valley make their millions, battle
> foreign
> competition , and still can't get a date.' It was first published in
> 1992
> but still provides an amusing an irreverent look at the days of yore
> when 16
> bits ruled! And it's often very thought provoking.

And go find copies of his TV documentaries, "Triumph of the Nerds" and,
erm, i'd swear there's another one with a similar title by him... He
also did an amusing documentary on building planes ("Plane Crazy",
possibly), but that has nothing to do with computers.

Note, however, he's considered a bit of a (journalistic) hack and often
gets stuff fundamentally wrong. Which is probably related to his faked
CV and a whole bunch of lies along the way. Having said that, he's
often entertaining.

Oh. And his name's not Robert X. Cringely either. The back story to the
Robert X. Cringely character is pretty interesting stuff.


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