"Pirates of Silicon Valley" Flim Questionaire

1. Who originally owned the rights to the computer Steve Wosiak made, and why did they not take advantage of it?

IBM did and they didn't use it because they thought it was useless.

2. What was the first computer that Bill Gates and Paul Allen tried to write software for? What did they write?

They tried to write a software for the Altair 8800. They wrote a Basic code.


3. Which company made the first large investment in Apple computer?

IBM

4. Did Microsoft invent the the Disk Operating System? Briefly explain the deal Microsoft made with IBM concerning DOS.

No, Microsoft did not invent DOS. Bill Gates went to a meeting with IBM without having a anything but convinced them that he did. He made a deal with IBM, he would give them DOS (which he didn't have at that time) and IBM would license it to Bill Gates name. After IBM agreed on this, Bill Gates bought DOS and created Microsoft.

5. Who invented the first mouse-drive graphical user interface?

XEROX

6. What was the name of the first computer made by Apple that had a graphical interface? (Hint: it's not the Machintosh)

The name of the first computer made by Apple that had a graphical interface was LISA.

7. Explain how and why Steve Jobs left Apple Computer.

He didn't leave he got fired by John Sculley because he thought he was a danger to Apple but he came back to Apple in 1997

8. The film portrayed the "pirates of silicon valley" as half-hero, half-villain.

In 4 or 5 paragraphs, give your thoughts as to how they should be categorized.

    This movie "Pirates of Silicon Valley" talks about the story of two very important men. Steve Jobs and Bill Gates. This two men are the ones responsable of today's technology. They both are very important but somehow Bill Gates is even more important although Steve Jobs' company (Apple) has more developed technology.

   This two men are known for the contributions they both have made in the technological world. Bill Gates, founder and creator of Microsoft. Steve Jobs who created Apple with Steve Wosiak who later on left the company. They have achieved so much but stealing from others.

   Somehow they are villains becuase they took someone else's work and claimed it their own. Like for example how Apple stole from Xerox and then how Microsoft stole from Apple. But putting that aside they are most recognized as heroes because of their work. There is no achievement who hasn't had bad consequences for others.

   Because of them the world it's like this. Without Steve and Bill there wouln't be computers, ipods, keyboards and I probably wouln't be writting this blog right now. Countries all around the world have made huge investments just for having the latest technology. Some countries in Africa have computers, Ipods, people there even have Facebook but they don't have food. Technology right now it's the most important thing ever.

  Although what I just wrote in the last paragraph, I think they are heroes. Because of their work now society is more open minded. Comunication is faster and more eficient. Now people are able to choose other carreers that only exist because of today's technology. Medicine, psycology, education have improved because of a simple computer. That's why I think they are heroes.