Triumph of the Nerds 2.0.1

From: Max Eskin <kurtkilgor_at_geocities.com>
Date: Fri Nov 27 13:44:14 1998

As it was, it bored me to tears with it's dicussion of Venture Capital. They
spent half an hour discussing Cisco's experience. But, I see your point.

>bore non-technical people (still most of the audience today)
>to tears. There would be much less viewership. Even PBS producers have to
>know their audience limits.

I learned quite a bit from it.

>For what it is worth, we did like the program anyway as it helped clear up
>a few bits of history in my mind (SUN Microsystems history for example) and
>I agree there was a few 'holes'.

Yes, but I think it is a very important part of nerdhood in the late '70s,
'80s, and early '90s.
 
>One thing Max, BBS systems were never really an Internet thing. They were
>stand-alone computers that could be dialed-up and info uploaded or
>retrieved much like an ftp site and also were locations for the first chat
>sites and email -but only amongst users of that BBS who would dial-in to a
>number local to that particular BBS -usually long distance to the rest of
>the country/world. Online systems like AOL, Compuserve, Delphi, Netcom, et
>al had more capability and features and local user dial-ups but still were
>not connected to the Internet until around 1992-94.
>
>Just my two cents . . .
>
>Regards, Chris
Received on Fri Nov 27 1998 - 13:44:14 GMT