WTF?

From: Paul Braun <nerdware_at_laidbak.com>
Date: Tue Jun 22 22:22:17 1999

From: Kai Kaltenbach <kaikal_at_MICROSOFT.com>
Subject: RE: WTF?
Originally to: "'classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu'" <classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>

> That was the traffic signal control system they wrote software for before
> they got the MITS contract. They mumble its name briefly in the dialogue.
> "TrafficNet" or something, I forget.
>
> Kai
>

IIRC, wasn't "Traf-o-Data" a piece of software Billy wrote while still in High
School? I was under the impression that "Microsoft" didn't exist until
Albuquerque.

I especially liked the part where the MS trio fly to Miami and tell the IBM
bigwigs that they know about their secret project and they have the OS for
them. I really like a docu-drama that plays fast and loose with facts, events,
and timeline. They seemed to forget that Big Blue came to them first to get MS-
BASIC and CP/M, only to discover that Gary Kildall owned CP/M.

The movie might be more entertaining to someone who is clueless about the
real story, but that still doesn't excuse them running roughshod over the actual
facts.

My wife, BTW, really hated watching it with me because I kept yelling things at
the TV. Kinda like Rocky Horror for nerds.............



Paul Braun
NerdWare -- The History of the PC and the Nerds who brought it to you.
nerdware_at_laidbak.com
www.laidbak.com/nerdware
Received on Tue Jun 22 1999 - 22:22:17 BST