This film was an awful farce. It totally falsifies events (Microsoft did not approach IBM with an OS - IBM came to them for one and MS sent them elsewhere, but eventually came back when they came up empty handed). One of the most disappointing things I have seen - ever.
They even missed showing us the genesis of the "Apple" name - one of the great stories of Apple history (go read an old Apple II manual for the story)
The production values were rotten and the writing left so much to be desired. Both Jobs and Gates were painted as awful, despicable excuses for human beings.
If it was the intention of the filmmakers to satirize the entire history of the personal computer (Mac / Wintel) development, then they barely succeeded... however, quite poorly.
Again, read the book, _Accidental Empires: How the Boys of Silicon Valley Make Their Millions, Battle Foreign Competition, and Still Can't Get a Date_ by Robert X. Cringely, or see the PBS miniseries based on the book, "Triumph of the Nerds: The Rise of Accidental Empires" also by Robert X. Cringely.
They even missed showing us the genesis of the "Apple" name - one of the great stories of Apple history (go read an old Apple II manual for the story)
The production values were rotten and the writing left so much to be desired. Both Jobs and Gates were painted as awful, despicable excuses for human beings.
If it was the intention of the filmmakers to satirize the entire history of the personal computer (Mac / Wintel) development, then they barely succeeded... however, quite poorly.
Again, read the book, _Accidental Empires: How the Boys of Silicon Valley Make Their Millions, Battle Foreign Competition, and Still Can't Get a Date_ by Robert X. Cringely, or see the PBS miniseries based on the book, "Triumph of the Nerds: The Rise of Accidental Empires" also by Robert X. Cringely.