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frik on Feb 25, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: What Microsoft is this the Altair Basic of?

Read this:

* Bill Gates's memoir/vision book, The Road Ahead (1995)

* Paul Allen's memoir book, Idea Man: A Memoir by the Cofounder of Microsoft (2011)

Watch this:

* Pirates of Silicon Valley TV movie (funny but accurate, based on Triumph of the Nerds interviews)

* Triumph of the Nerds (TV docu, 1996, by R. Cringely)

* Nerds 2.0.1 (TV docu, 1998, by R. Cringely)

dredmorbius on Feb 27, 2015 [–]

Appreciate the "read / watch" recommendations, but to what specific end / meaning?

frik on Feb 27, 2015 | [–]

The early years of Microsoft, a history lesson.

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