Pirates of Silicon Valley

CHARACTERS:

• Noah Wyle plays the role of Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple Computer. He is a charismatic person. He made his computers in their garage. He is determined to dethrone IBM from being the leader in computer world. Because of his determination he refuses to recognize his own daughter Lisa and pay his attention to computers. But sooner he decided to name a computer, the Lisa after her. He is obsessed to defeat the IBM. And become a arrogant when he was level-up.

• Anthony Michael Hall plays the role of Bill gates, founder of Microsoft. He is a computer nerdy person who can’t get girls and his friends are other computer techies. He is like Steve Jobs who are determined to defeat the other firm.

• Joey Slotnick plays the role of Steve Wozniak, Co-founder of Apple Company. The right hand man of Steve Jobs and a technical whiz. Wozniak is more interested with Science and Technology of Apple than he is in the business angle of which Steve Jobs masters.

• John Di Maggio who plays the role of Steve Ballmer, Co-founder of Microsoft. Steve Ballmer is the right hand man of Bill Gates. He quit to Apple and moved to Microsoft. Josh Hopkins plays the role of Paul Allen, who conduct their early work with MITS, which is juxtaposed against the involvement of Jobs and Wozniak with the Homebrew Computer Club.

• Gema Zamprogna who play the role of Arlene. Arlene was the Girlfriend of Steve Jobs and mother of Lisa, Steve jobs’ daughter. At first Steve focused himself in work and ignores Arlene. Steve even refuses support money to Arlene for her daughter, inspite of how Arlene could hurt the image of Apple Computers. Steve Jobs and Bill Gates have the unenthusiastic attitude, party-goer, not totally bad boy and trouble maker.

SUMMARY:

It was all start while Steve Jobs is talking to Director Scott in the wide screen, making of Commercial for Apple computer which introduced Macintosh as a personal computer.

It returns to the past, it was year 1971 in Berkeley Campus Steve Job and Steve Wozniak are caught on the campus during the riot between students and the police. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak runaway the riot and find a safety place Steve Jobs told to Steve Wozniak that they’re not the protesters, who are the true revolutionaries. After that riot, they found a weird guy named Captain Crunch around Berkeley, all because he found a way to beat the system. Steve Wozniak, keep on building the blue box. And then one day they got almost caught by some cops but the cops didn’t know what that blue box is, so they ignore it. Steve Wozniak decided to build something that wasn’t going to get them trouble and it was a computer. And unfortunately, His Computer burns but still he’s laughing like nothing’s happen. And when, Steve Jobs and his Girlfriend Arlene broke up they went to the bar and drink.

 In 1974, a young Bill Gates at Harvard University, and his classmate Steve Ballmer  and Paul Allen are playing poker. They’re conducting their early work with MITS, which is brings near against the involvement of Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak with the Homebrew Computer Club, who is leading to the development of Apple. They go to the bar and party and got drunk.

At Berkeley 1987, Steve Wozniak and Steve Job shows their little homemade computer and they offer their there and then they sold 50. And then they offer again their homemade computer to other companies, some accepted and some are rejected. They began to make little computers with Steve Jobs’ friends Elizabeth and Dan at Steve Job’s garage.

At Albuquerque in year 1976 Microsoft’s First Office, Bill Smith and Paul Allen forced Mr. ED to give them a post card. Bill Gates and Steve Wozniak caught by the police for the traffic violations. And instead to go home they play the bulldozer like a crazy. At the Computer fair, Bill Gates known as the Microsoft CEO, attempts to introduce himself to Steve Jobs, but he snubs him. Steve Jobs got his new office, he always shouts to his co-workers.

        At Microsoft Offices Seattle in 1980 it was about five years ago after Bill Gates got out of Harvard. Bill Gates and Paul Allen chat with Steven Jobs to be partner and become one. But that was only for his own good. A Miami Airport Bill Gates, Paul Allen and Steve Ballmer will go to IBM (International Business Machine) to offer what IBM really needs. It was Operating System, so Bill gates offer a Disk Operating System.. At the conference with the IBM was Bill Gates’ start of being rich because of DOS or Disk Operating System that makes all those zillion IBM computers compute. But theirs is one problem; they don’t have yet a Disk Operating Sytem to be sell. But since Bill Gates is intelligent, he ordered Steve Ballmer to convince the Seattle Computer Company to purchase their Disk Operating System. Steve Ballmer succeeded what they want, the Seattle Computer Company agree to buy their Disk Operating System for 50, 000 bucks, after that they have a party.

Meanwhile, The Apple Computers got a new Headquarters. John Sculley, announced that he is the new President of Apple Computers Company. Lisa computer was the first big new project they had at Apple. Steve Jobs follow the name of her daughter. Apple Computer Company wants to steal the Xerox Brass Computer’s Graphic User Interface. The Microsoft team went to Apple’s Head quarter to steal the design of their computer. Steve Jobs group the Apple in different teams. Steve Wozniak decided to quit in Apple because of what Steve Jobs do and he’s going back to the college. He get mad to all of his co-workers. John Sculley made him realized that he have a daughter, so he decided to visit his daughter.

While Bill Gates testing his stole design there was an error appear. Steve Jobs got mad to Bill gates, because Bill gate s stealing from him, he pirate the software of their Mac prototypes. Steve Jobs was the only person who yells with Bill Gates. It was the opposite. They decided to combine the Apple and the Microsoft. Steve Jobs admitted that he is also stealing.

At St. Francis Hotel at San Francisco, it was Steve Jobs’ 30th birthday. John Sculley congratulates Steve Jobs for raising Up the Apple Computer. After three moths Jobs was Fired by John Sculley. Steve Wozniak now teaches computers to school children and funds a ballet. Lisa is now part of Steve Jobs’ new family. Steve Jobs returned to apple in 1997. Microsoft now owns part of Apple Computer. Bill Gates is currently the wealthiest man in the world.

REACTION:

The Pirates of Silicon Valley was a film based on a historical fact including on Steve Jobs and how Apple got started and Bill Gates and how Microsoft got started. The title of the movie was Pirates of Silicon Valley because it is about piracy in the computer world and Silicon Valley is a place in California where computers are built. The movie draws out the historical development of these two large computer companies, from the time when Bill Gates and Steve Jobs’ college days to 1985, in moving pictures using old cinematography. It is an enlightening depiction of the evolution of a true phenomenon, the age of personal computers.

The Pirates of Silicon Valley was a semi-humorous and very inspiring movie or documentary about the men who wants to be rich. Their Struggles during colleges, rejection of companies and other problems they had faced was never a hitch to reach their goals. I was enlightened and more informed regarding on some added information on the origin of personal computers. It’s also a matter of values reflected in the movie. Companionship between Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, and Bill Gates and his friends. Conviction that their idea and insistence will make it to the pinnacle of success. Appreciative cooperation in their respective organization, considering you are dealing different kinds of people with different personality and capacity. In all it was a inspiring kind of movie.

POSITIVE/NEGATIVE:

 POSITIVE:

        The Pirates of Silicon Valley was a very inspiring movie. It shows you how to be creative, patient and wise like Bill Gates said ‎"you know what they say in mafia ? KEEP your FRIENDS close. but your ENEMIES CLOSER". I’ve learned that struggles are not a hitch to give up.  Instead used it as an inspiration to fight and reach your goals. Like what happened to Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, they reach their goals to be a rich person.

NEGATIVE:

But there’s a negative attitude to be point out. You should not be arrogant in whatever soaring accomplishments you will have. Because you will never know what the future will holds, sometimes those who are not considered before might be the one who will succeed more in their striving endeavor. Just maintain a humble profile and you don’t need to hurt someone’s feelings just to focus on your own interest, a good explanation will be a good step, and consider other people’s point of view. Because in an organization, it’s not only a matter of one brain functioning in, it’s sharing of idea and information in the organization to make it immense and successful. And sometimes being Arrogant can offense and hurt the feelings of a person.

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