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Summary: Must see!
Review: I like this tape very much...... If you are in computers the you must see this tape This is for Hi-tech also... You will like this tape!
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Summary: Computer Geeks Must Have
Review: I'm a software engineer and watched this DVD like 100 times. It's just amazing how this computer thing started, and Bill Gates knew this was going to be big. Steve Jobs still is evolutionaizing the industry with new products. Must have for computer geeks.
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Summary: Movie Motivation
Review: I've been watching and reading Cringely's work for years. He knows everything about the technology business and he has many industry contacts. This collection of tapes is a must-have for any techie. Whenever I feel down down and lack motivation, I just pop in these tapes. After 30 minutes, I'm so inspired that I can work for hours. The tapes allow me to focus on success. Even though a lot of these companies are now dead or barely alive, it's still gratifying to hear how they went from nothing to billionaires. Great work! Also check out Nerds 2.0.1, which is also a Cringely video that covers more recent companies and the evolution of the Internet. I wish they would release this stuff on DVD - my VHS player has had it.
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Summary: Best 3 hours of television I have ever seen
Review: If you are into high-tech, you MUST watch this video. Having read the book that this PBS documentary was based on, the video is extraordinary. There are great interviews with Jobs, Gates, and the people at Xerox PARC amongst others. I have lent my copy of the video to numerous people, and every person has said they learned something and enjoyed the video. John "Steve said to me..."Do you want to sell sugar water for the rest of your life, or do you want to help change the world?" - Steve Jobs to then CEO of Pepsi, John Sculley, when trying to recruit Sculley to Apple In Triumph of the Nerds
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Summary: Tells the whole Microsoft story to Windows 95 - objectively
Review: If you can, get all the tapes. (There are other volumes) This is the whole story from Gates starting out - up to the release of Windows 95, and see what really went on!! Gripping - even for a non technology type. There's a TV movie in the works - but it can't compare to the detail this series takes.
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Summary: The ultimate history of the personal computer era.
Review: If you ever wanted to know how the personal computer era got its start and who where the people behind it, this is the series you want. In this three tape set you get the begining of the personal computer, how the IBM PC was created, and then the creation of the GUI (Graphical User Interface) on the Mac and eventually on the PC with Windows. Bob Cringley is an excelent presenter and has been reporting the computer industry for quite a while.
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Summary: A really great intro to the history of the computing era
Review: if you haven't seen it on pbs before, this is a great way to get a good understanding of how the megalithic companies we know as microsoft and apple etc. have come to be. who knew that a company that sold a box of 1's and 0's would be more wealthy than all of the oil companies? now if only the dvd and vhs versions would come down in price a little more into the $20 range (used to be around $89!!!)...
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Summary: A wonderful story told wonderfully
Review: It is a funny and entertaining chronicle of the personal computing revolution described by someone who was there at the very beginning Bob X. Cringley. Mr. Cringley relates to us how he was one of the early employees of Apple Computers in the days in which it operated out of a garage. Now a self-proclaimed gossip columnist for the computer world Mr. Cringley guides us through the important steps and missteps that made personal computing the industry it is today.
Interviewed are computer giants such as Bill Gates, Steven Jobs and Larry Ellison just to name a few. They along with others relate their stories and the excitement they shared as they built from scratch the phenomenon, which is now the personal computer. Their presence not only adds to the credibility of the story but also cements Mr. Cringley's thesis argument that the computer industry was created because of "a group of nerds trying to impress their friends".
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Summary: A Good Introduction to PC History
Review: It is a good source to take a glimpse of the history of PC industry to year 1995. It briefly introduced how the major players like Apple, Microsoft, and IBM being involved in the PC industry. There are a number of participants in this DVD talked about their stories. However, the introduction of those participants is too fast and I find it is hard to follow. Overall, I think it is a good documentary and quite interesting.
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Summary: A Good Introduction to PC History
Review: It is a good source to take a glimpse of the history of PC industry to year 1995. It briefly introduced how the major players like Apple, Microsoft, and IBM being involved in the PC industry. There are a number of participants in this DVD talked about their stories. However, the introduction of those participants is too fast and I find it is hard to follow. Overall, I think it is a good documentary and quite interesting.
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