A conversation with Steve Jobs as he was running NeXT, the company he had founded after leaving Apple.
本片是由美国公共广播服务(PBS)组织(由全美349个地区公共电视台支持的非营利性组织),制作的电视影集。也是"计算机英雄传(The Trumph of the Nerds)"的续集。其网页位于"http://www.pbs.org/o
本片从六十年代的ARPANet,说到七十、八十年代的个人计算机,至九十年代的万维网(World Wild Web)和Mosaic浏览器。前后横跨了四十年。也包括了电子、计算机、网络、自由软件、电子商务等产业的起源。
当故事看当然很精采,当技术发展史看也很有广度。但故事中有很多值得去追寻原因的教训。
1.DARPA的作用。国防高级研究计划署,是作国防研究的,但其成果却创造了民用的技术、产品及市场。现在的DARP...
Triumph of the Nerds: The Rise of Accidental Empires zooms backwards on the information superhighway to show in vivid detail how youthful amateurs, hippies and self-proclaimed "nerds" accidentally changed the world. The three-hour program chronicles the birth and growth of Silicon Valley's personal computer industry.
Hosted by Bob Cringely, a longtime industry observer, the sto...