Dan Robbins

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PIRATES OF SILICON VALLEY

1)Who did Steve Jobs think was the "enemy" and who was the real enemy? Support your answer with direct evidence from the film.

Steve Jobs felt that big cooperation’s such as IMB where the enemy. He felt that they where just suits with no creativity and would not bring any new advances. In reality other dreamers like him were the enemy, Bill Gates to be specific.

2)At the beginning of the film, Steve Jobs thanks Bill Gates for "standing with us", why? Support your answer with references to sources of information from the internet.

Steve Jobs thanks Bill gates for “standing with us” because he was trying to heal the differences between Mac and Microsoft. He was also trying to heal his company and show the unity between the two companies. In a way he was also showing how Apple is superior to Microsoft and how it is just another tool that Mac users can utilize. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxOp5mBY9IY

3) Who is Captain Crunch, what did he discover, and what was the frequency in Hertz of the device he used? Support your answer with references to sources of information from the internet.

Steve Wozniak was known as Captain Crunch. “Years ago, Cap'n Crunch cereal gave away a plastic whistle. Known as the Captain Crunch whistle, it makes a 2600 Hz sound. This proved to be the frequency used to sidestep the phone system's billing system.” This could be used to make free long distance calls. http://www.jetcityorange.com/CapnCrunchWhistle/

4) Steve Jobs considered himself to be spiritually enlightened. Considering his portrayal in the film, is that true? Support your answer with direct evidence from the film.

Steve Jobs could be considered spiritually enlightened. He was very creative and explained his ideas very emotionally. However he would easily lose his temper, he pitted his own company against itself, and denied that his child was truly his. For these reasons I found him not to be spiritually enlightened.

5)Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak built "Blue Boxes". What is a "Blue Box" and how did making and selling "Blue Boxes" contravene Steve Jobs' views about intellectual property theft? Support your answer with direct evidence from the film.

Blue boxes where used to trick the phone companies own telephone line into allowing people to make free long distance phone calls.

6)Bill Gates quit Harvard before finishing his undergraduate degree in order to pursue his computer business but he did not know if he would be successful - he gambled. What in his personal history prepared him to be a gambler? Support your answer with references to sources of information from the internet.

Bill Gates was an avid poker player, and a very good one. He knew how to access his situation and how to play a bad hand. He also was involved in risky endeavors, like the blue box.

7)What was it about the Microsoft deal with IBM that led to Microsoft's phenomenol success? Support your answer with direct evidence from the film.

When Microsoft pitched their deal to IBM they sold them something that didn’t even exist yet. To top that they kept a huge stake in the company.

8)Where did Apple get the ideas for the Lisa and Macintosh computers and was the use of those ideas ethical? Support your answer with direct evidence from the film and, additionally, from at least one source of information from the internet.

Macintosh got its ideas for Lisa from Xerox. Their research team had developed an interface and mouse for computer. However the bosses of the company didn’t see the potential of these and allowed Apple to buy them.

9) Who would you rather work for: Bill Gates or Steve Jobs? Explain why and support your answer with direct evidence from the film.

Even though I find Steve Jobs to be more creative and more revolutionary, I would rather work for Bill Gates. Bill seems to be a calm and generous man well Steve demands a long workweek and loses his temper and degrades his workers.

10) What did you find interesting in the film PIRATES OF SILICON VALLEY? Explain/Discuss.

I found it interesting that both of these revolutionary people both started up at about the same time and how Bill even though he was the underdog is now the richest man in the world.