Triumph of the Nerds

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(thing) by discofever (2.7 y) (print) ? (I like it!) Sat Nov 13 1999 at 14:24:29

Triumph of the Nerds : The Rise of Accidental Empires was a documentary featured on PBS a while back. It's (another) documentary about how computers took over the world, but this one gets more in-depth with the main characters involved (Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak...)

The website contains the transcripts. Please visit www.pbs.org/nerds.

Robert X Cringely	Geek Pride Festival	Revenge of the Nerds	I am the very model of a modern teenage Cyberpunk
Xerox Alto	Steve Wozniak	It is the very model of a modern E2 chatterbox	Microsoft product design
INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE	Revolution OS	video coin holder	Steve Jobs
Bill Gates	Illuminati	Triumph TR6	I am the very model of a modern E2 editor
Jack Rabbit	Triumph Spitfire	promised lot	Linux
December 31, 2003	Douglas Engelbart	Unicode European Alphabets

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