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I want a movie about bill gates

by jokoon 13y ago

mindcrime 13y ago
What, Anti-trust[1] wasn't good enough for you? [1]: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0218817/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0218817/
- glasz 13y ago
  yep, anti-trust is rather good. but very much less fact than fiction, i'd say. (no, i absolutely do not like gates. not only because of the glasses he used to wear.) if anybody is into documentaries: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIZGDT7ZqdM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIZGDT7ZqdM http://vimeo.com/6303800 http://vimeo.com/6303800 for the german-speaking audience (there might be an english version, couldn't find one though): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2k_NcVpADgM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2k_NcVpADgM
  - drv 13y ago
    That first documentary has an amusing title screen... in Chicago. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIZGDT7ZqdM#t=119 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIZGDT7ZqdM#t=119
damncabbage 13y ago
I'd recommend http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirates_of_Silicon_Valley http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirates_of_Silicon_Valley if you haven't seen it already. It covers both Jobs and Gates in the period where both Apple and Microsoft began (though I'd argue that it's a little more focused on Jobs).
tjaerv 13y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triumph_of_the_Nerds http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triumph_of_the_Nerds
CurtMonash 13y ago
There was one excellent biography of Bill quite some time ago. The part I could verify personally (and there was a lot) was almost all correct, and whatever the exceptions were weren't bad enough for me to recall them now. I don't see it on my shelf now, but I think it was http://www.amazon.com/Gates-Microsofts-Reinvented-Industry-Himself/dp/0671880748/ref=pd_sim_b_1 http://www.amazon.com/Gates-Microsofts-Reinvented-Industry-H... The cover looks familiar, the year is about right, and I have a vague memory of the author being named "Steven".
- scholia 13y ago
  Gates: How Microsoft's Mogul Reinvented an Industry--and Made Himself the Richest Man in America, by Stephen Manes and Paul Andrews. Yes, it's by far the best biography of Gates, and extremely detailed. However, the first edition was published on January 21, 1994.
- mratzloff 13y ago
  It's older, but I enjoyed Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire. It came out just before Windows 95 was released, so naturally it focuses mostly on the early years. It seemed to be a pretty balanced portrayal of Gates from those years. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0887306292 http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0887306292

I want a movie about bill gates

by jokoon 13y ago

I want a movie about bill gates

What, Anti-trust[1] wasn't good enough for you? [1]: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0218817/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0218817/

glasz 13y ago
yep, anti-trust is rather good. but very much less fact than fiction, i'd say. (no, i absolutely do not like gates. not only because of the glasses he used to wear.) if anybody is into documentaries: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIZGDT7ZqdM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIZGDT7ZqdM http://vimeo.com/6303800 http://vimeo.com/6303800 for the german-speaking audience (there might be an english version, couldn't find one though): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2k_NcVpADgM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2k_NcVpADgM
- drv 13y ago
  That first documentary has an amusing title screen... in Chicago. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIZGDT7ZqdM#t=119 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIZGDT7ZqdM#t=119

damncabbage 13y ago

I'd recommend http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirates_of_Silicon_Valley http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirates_of_Silicon_Valley if you haven't seen it already. It covers both Jobs and Gates in the period where both Apple and Microsoft began (though I'd argue that it's a little more focused on Jobs).

tjaerv 13y ago

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triumph_of_the_Nerds http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triumph_of_the_Nerds

CurtMonash 13y ago

There was one excellent biography of Bill quite some time ago. The part I could verify personally (and there was a lot) was almost all correct, and whatever the exceptions were weren't bad enough for me to recall them now. I don't see it on my shelf now, but I think it was http://www.amazon.com/Gates-Microsofts-Reinvented-Industry-Himself/dp/0671880748/ref=pd_sim_b_1 http://www.amazon.com/Gates-Microsofts-Reinvented-Industry-H... The cover looks familiar, the year is about right, and I have a vague memory of the author being named "Steven".

scholia 13y ago
Gates: How Microsoft's Mogul Reinvented an Industry--and Made Himself the Richest Man in America, by Stephen Manes and Paul Andrews. Yes, it's by far the best biography of Gates, and extremely detailed. However, the first edition was published on January 21, 1994.
mratzloff 13y ago
It's older, but I enjoyed Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire. It came out just before Windows 95 was released, so naturally it focuses mostly on the early years. It seemed to be a pretty balanced portrayal of Gates from those years. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0887306292 http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0887306292