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Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999)
Historical accuracy?
2 July 2013 - 5 out of 10 users found this review helpful.
Non-existent. Microsoft didn't just bumble and cheat themselves to contracts, Apple didn't steal from Xerox PARC (they paid Xerox, Microsoft was there as well, btw), Mike Markkula didn't just drive past a garage and offered 250k, both Apple and Microsoft worked together from very early on (Apple licensed Microsoft Basic and sold it as Applesoft Basic, MS was early involved in the Mac to write applications), the reaction in 1997 was not nearly as hostile as depicted, the speech was different as well (you can see it on youtube...) etc. pp.
As a movie it's far from great either, the script itself is lacking in finesse, the characters are caricatures.
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