Movie Review: Pirates of Silicon Valley

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This movie tells the origins of Microsoft and Apple, with a focus on Steve Jobs and Bill Gates, who have the same enemy, IBM. Told how Steve Jobs started his business in the garage with his friends Steve Wozniak. In the garage they managed to create their first PC, then Steve tried to borrow money in the bank to expand its business but all the banks rejected, until finally there is someone who offers financial assistance for investment, and they finally managed to have a very decent office.
 
In the film illustrated how Apple cleverly hijack (get the idea) graphic user interface technology from Xerox (good artists copy, great artists steal). Gates also depicted how close to bankruptcy, only the knee capital (negotiation accomplished) could affect IBM DOS and got the project, because IBM intends to enter the PC market to counter Apple, whereas IBM is regarded as an enemy (keep your friends close, put your enemy closer.). And convince Steve Jobs to be able to develop software that can be 'street' in the Macintosh and obtain a prototype of a Mac, simply by leveraging IBM's sentiments and say "better work with you (Apple) than IBM." And the rule: good artists copy and great artists steal effect, Microsoft makes Windows and sell it in Japan first, not in America. DOS itself, actually a operating system that Gates bought QDOS from a small company in Seattle.
 
The rise and fall of Steve Jobs as Apple employees divide into two gangs, the Apple II and Macintosh. And how he became 'chief sects' with Apple computers as 'religion' for its employees.
But there is one thing that is different from the Gates and Jobs, their orientation. Steve Jobs is more oriented to the art that he always considered the output from Apple is a work of art, while Gates oriented businesses, which leads to market domination.
 
In summary of this film can be seen that the mouse and Windows technology was originally not a pure idea of Bill Gates but Apple and Apple can idea from Xerox. In addition, there are other things that can be taken from the film, namely the importance of negotiation in business. Negotiations can be a major gateway to success in business, as it has been experienced by Bill Gates in this film.


Resume:

  1. Bill Gates earns US $ 250 every SECOND, that's about US $ 20 million a day and US $ 7.8 billion a year!
  2. If he drops $ 1,000, he will not even bother to pick it up because the 4 seconds to take, he would've already earned the same amount.
  3. The US national debt is about 5.62 trillion, if Bill Gates were to pay the debt, he will finish it in less than 10 years.
  4. He can donate US $ 15 to everyone in the world but still be able to leave the US $ 5 million as an allowance.
  5. Michael Jordan is the highest paid athlete in America. If he does not eat and drink and keep intact a year income of US $ 30 million, he still had to wait for 277 years to become as rich as Bill Gates is now.
  6. If Bill Gates was a country, he would be the world's richest country to number 37 or so largest American company number 13, surpassing even IBM.
  7. If all the money Bill Gates exchangeable into denominations of US $ 1, we can compile them into a road from earth to moon, 14 times back and forth. But to make that road non-stop for 1,400 years, and use a total of 713 BOEING 747 planes to transport all the money.
  8. Bill Gates is 40 years old. If we assume that he will live another 35 years, he has to spend US $ 6.78 million per day to finish all his money before he went to heaven.
  9. But! If Microsoft Windows' users can claim US $ 1 for every time their computers hang because of Microsoft Windows, Bill Gates will be bankrupt in 3 years!

Another fact:

  1. Bill Gates was able to buy 10 oil giant in the world of mobile and bleak exon, petronas without spending fortune.
  2. If Bill Gates wanted to get his money, it takes about 350 yrs For spending all his wealth.
  3. Bill Gates was able to buy 10 Russian space station belonging precious $ 1.5 M dollars.
  4. Companies like Google, explore, Mozzila and Opera do not pay the bill gates properties due to the rejected bill gates, opposite Bill Gates was the one who paid them all. However, due to a system referred to as "pay back" the company Microsoft jumped sharply.
  5. If the planet Mars can be purchased, then Bill Gates only takes 5 yrs For can afford.
  6. The richest man in Asia "Sultan Babuhrahman XII" takes 15 yrs For now become as rich as Bill Gates.
  7. Bill Gates Wealth equivalent with a wealth of oil in saudi raja2 ruling that united into one.
  8. Bill gates because the oil companies refused to buy him, take care of the oil companies more at risk of carrying cash from $ 10 Billion dollars in his hand.