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For a better film concerning the same topic, try pirates of silicon valley. Its a bit old, but quite good.
by hayksaakian 13y ago
For a better film concerning the same topic, try pirates of silicon valley.
Its a bit old, but quite good.
- MBCook 13y agoI'm hoping Sorkin's movie is better. We'll see.
- Zigurd 13y agoThere is a very good chance it will be better, but Sorkin had to take considerable liberties to make The Social Network work as a movie. I really liked it because it captured and conveyed the spirit of things people find hard to understand. But you can't do that and be a historically accurate document. And despite Sorkin being a genius, I know several people who thought sitting through The Social Network was torture.
- ceejayoz 13y agoWoz is apparently consulting for Sorkin's version, so I'd take that as a fairly good sign.
- pico303 13y agoYou should also read "Fire in the Valley". Awesome book about the beginnings of the computer revolution in Silicon Valley.
- vidarh 13y agoMy problem with this, as much of the stuff written about early personal computer history, is the focus on Silicon Valley to the exclusion or downplaying all the stuff that happened outside the valley, often combined with massively exaggerating the early importance of Apple.
- narrator 13y agoI went out and saw Pirates of Silicon Valley after Bill Gates said in his Reddit IAMA that his portrayal was more or less accurate.
- capkutay 13y agoI saw pirates of silicon valley a few years ago. I'd say that was the only movie to really get me excited about being in tech/silicon valley. The Social Network didn't even have close to the same effect for me.
- jfb 13y agoI GOT THE LOOT, STEVE!
- louthy 13y agoSlightly OT: Pirates of Silicon Valley for the UK: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIcAyFVK0gE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIcAyFVK0gE