Hello Max...
Here's a few:
#1 Jobs and Wozniak were actually working at Atari when they designed the
Apple 1 (and was the resource for most of the parts they used), in fact, it
was the revenues from Jobs' project Breakout that financed the trip to
India they mention oh so briefly in the script. Also, Nolan Bushnell,
president of Atari, was offered the opportunity to invest in their start-up
first... he declined, but put them in touch with "Valentine" who introduced
them to Mike Markula in the first place. These facts were completely
omitted.
#2 IBM came to Microsoft looking for an operating system for the IBM PC,
not the other way around. Microsoft originally sent IBM to Gary Kildall
(developer of CP/M) who refused to meet with them. IBM returned to Gates
who, in turn, bought the OS from Kildall himself for $50K and then licensed
it back to IBM. These facts were totally inaccurate in the film.
#3 Bill's hair was never that blonde.
xoxo van
>On Tue, 22 Jun 1999, Sellam Ismail wrote:
>>everyone here to know the difference between fact and outright bullshit
>
>Please, list a few specific distortions of facts in the movie (except for
>questions personality which are subjective).
>
>--Max Eskin (max82_at_surfree.com)
> http://scivault.hypermart.net: Ignorance is Impotence - Knowledge is Power
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