Pirates of Silicon Valley

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Anyone else seen this movie? Watched it over the weekend and thought it was really good. It's about Steve Jobs and Bill Gates creating their businesses, with both companies stealing from each other. It does answer the question of "Who stole first".

You can find it uploaded on youtube in 10 parts. Just search Pirates of Silicon Valley and you should see part 1 and just follow it on from there. Well worth the watch.
 

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Woo sounds crazy, will take a look at it :)
Thanks for sharin!
 

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I just watched it on tuesday. It's pretty good
 

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Very good movie. Who would have thought that Anthony Michael Hall could actually act? I own the DVD, well worth it.
 

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Thanks for the heads up. I had never heard of this movie but have always been fascinated by the shennanigans of these two.
 

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That movie came out in 1999. Good movie.
 

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Well i haven't seen that 1 yet but
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I love this movie, it is really interesting to see how it all started. My brother told me he has seen something where Steve Jobs has said that the movie is fairly accurate. I assume from the Apple part of it at least.

One question I have is in the beginning right after the filming of the commercial. What was that part talking about where Gates was on the large screen?

I also wonder what Gates thinks about this film, if he says it is accurate.
 

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