Comments on: Pirates of Silicon Valley DVD http://terrychay.com/blog/article/pirates-of-silicon-valley-dvd.shtml You tell that other boy, not to touch the woodwork... Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:56:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-hemorrhage hourly 1 By: Pirates of Silicon Valley « Up You http://terrychay.com/blog/article/pirates-of-silicon-valley-dvd.shtml#comment-39675 Pirates of Silicon Valley « Up You Wed, 07 Mar 2007 17:43:48 +0000 http://terrychay.com/blog/article/pirates-of-silicon-valley-dvd.shtml#comment-39675 [...] 8th, 2007 by Hafihz In a nutshell, Pirates of Silicon Valley is a movie about the history of Apple and Microsoft’s eventual rise to dominant design. [...] [...] 8th, 2007 by Hafihz In a nutshell, Pirates of Silicon Valley is a movie about the history of Apple and Microsoft’s eventual rise to dominant design. [...]

]]> By: The Woodwork » Blog Archive » Copying vs. stealing http://terrychay.com/blog/article/pirates-of-silicon-valley-dvd.shtml#comment-3934 The Woodwork » Blog Archive » Copying vs. stealing Thu, 29 Jun 2006 22:45:27 +0000 http://terrychay.com/blog/article/pirates-of-silicon-valley-dvd.shtml#comment-3934 [...] Believe it or not, those three paragraphs have all four of her core values in it. When I was trying to put what was wrong into words, I suggested the quote that she eventually used. I first heard it from a movie: “Bad artists copy. Great artists steal.” —Pablo Picasso [...] [...] Believe it or not, those three paragraphs have all four of her core values in it. When I was trying to put what was wrong into words, I suggested the quote that she eventually used. I first heard it from a movie: “Bad artists copy. Great artists steal.” —Pablo Picasso [...]

]]> By: The Woodwork » Blog Archive » Copying vs. stealing http://terrychay.com/blog/article/pirates-of-silicon-valley-dvd.shtml#comment-3933 The Woodwork » Blog Archive » Copying vs. stealing Thu, 29 Jun 2006 22:45:26 +0000 http://terrychay.com/blog/article/pirates-of-silicon-valley-dvd.shtml#comment-3933 [...] Believe it or not, those three paragraphs have all four of her core values in it. When I was trying to put what was wrong into words, I suggested the quote that she eventually used. I first heard it from a movie: “Bad artists copy. Great artists steal.” —Pablo Picasso [...] [...] Believe it or not, those three paragraphs have all four of her core values in it. When I was trying to put what was wrong into words, I suggested the quote that she eventually used. I first heard it from a movie: “Bad artists copy. Great artists steal.” —Pablo Picasso [...]

]]> By: tychay http://terrychay.com/blog/article/pirates-of-silicon-valley-dvd.shtml#comment-1648 tychay Wed, 12 Apr 2006 21:23:28 +0000 http://terrychay.com/blog/article/pirates-of-silicon-valley-dvd.shtml#comment-1648 Post on <a href="http://www.balloon-juice.com/?p=6938" rel="nofollow">Balloon Juice</a>: <blockquote>If Jobs had responded to the infamous Gates letter way back when Mickeysoft would probably be a wholly owned subsidy of Apple today rather than apple being a boutique computer maker with around 2% of market share.</blockquote> Umm, <a href="http://www.scripting.com/specials/gatesLetter/text.html" rel="nofollow">the letter</a> was between Gates and Sculley, not Jobs. The reason it was not acted on was obvious given Apple’s previous experiences and the power of Jean-Louis Gassée. What you are repeating is something portrayed on <a href="http://terrychay.com/blog/article/pirates-of-silicon-valley-dvd.shtml" rel="nofollow">Pirates of Silicon Valley</a>, done in the interest of narrative economy. Post on Balloon Juice:

If Jobs had responded to the infamous Gates letter way back when Mickeysoft would probably be a wholly owned subsidy of Apple today rather than apple being a boutique computer maker with around 2% of market share.

Umm, the letter was between Gates and Sculley, not Jobs. The reason it was not acted on was obvious given Apple’s previous experiences and the power of Jean-Louis Gassée.

What you are repeating is something portrayed on Pirates of Silicon Valley, done in the interest of narrative economy.

]]> By: terry chay http://terrychay.com/blog/article/pirates-of-silicon-valley-dvd.shtml#comment-379 terry chay Wed, 17 Aug 2005 20:41:39 +0000 http://terrychay.com/blog/article/pirates-of-silicon-valley-dvd.shtml#comment-379 I know that <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Macintosh" rel="nofollow">Apple got to see PARC's goods in exchange for options</a>, but not the stock thing. The movie implies that Apple was a Barbarian at the Gate getting ready to steal all the cools stuff from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xerox_PARC" rel="nofollow">PARC</a>. I thought the movie didn't portray that Apple compensated Xerox in the form of options, but maybe my memory is off. In any case, I stand by my statement that this ignores the innovations that Apple supplied to GUI today (overlapping windows and keyboard shortcuts alone are huge). And that if anyone is to blame for the inability to capitalize on the inventions of PARC, it is the brass at PARC (for failing to patent), and not Xerox HQ. They also didn't mention the other advances at PARC: Ethernet, OOP, the laser printer, the IDE, and the precursor to PDF. Again, my memory may be off. I never got that VHS back from my friend. I know that Apple got to see PARC’s goods in exchange for options, but not the stock thing. The movie implies that Apple was a Barbarian at the Gate getting ready to steal all the cools stuff from PARC. I thought the movie didn’t portray that Apple compensated Xerox in the form of options, but maybe my memory is off.

In any case, I stand by my statement that this ignores the innovations that Apple supplied to GUI today (overlapping windows and keyboard shortcuts alone are huge). And that if anyone is to blame for the inability to capitalize on the inventions of PARC, it is the brass at PARC (for failing to patent), and not Xerox HQ.

They also didn’t mention the other advances at PARC: Ethernet, OOP, the laser printer, the IDE, and the precursor to PDF.

Again, my memory may be off. I never got that VHS back from my friend.

]]> By: Dru http://terrychay.com/blog/article/pirates-of-silicon-valley-dvd.shtml#comment-377 Dru Tue, 16 Aug 2005 17:59:04 +0000 http://terrychay.com/blog/article/pirates-of-silicon-valley-dvd.shtml#comment-377 Actually, there are accounts by Woz that Apple did license some of Xerox's technology in exchange for stock. I think all parties did a good job of keeping this quiet. Actually, there are accounts by Woz that Apple did license some of Xerox’s technology in exchange for stock. I think all parties did a good job of keeping this quiet.

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