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Re: Triumph of the Nerds
>>>>> "Joshua" == Joshua W Burton <jburton@nwu.edu> writes:
In article <4pr6pe$sp1@news.acns.nwu.edu> jburton@nwu.edu (Joshua W. Burton) writes:
>> I think Bob made a really good documentary. Although I'd have
>> appreciated free advertising, I don't blame him for not showing
>> more of us on the show.
>>
>> --Cliff
Joshua> I just got done watching the tape I made of it, and
Joshua> couldn't help noticing how weird it was that Steve Jobs
Joshua> had at least as much air time as anyone else, an
Joshua> out-of-focus black icon on screen for something like 12
Joshua> full minutes, and a detailed description of how he came to
Joshua> be eased out of Apple...yet the word NeXT was not
Joshua> mentioned even once. Now, admittedly, a company that
Joshua> spent a quarter of a billion dollars before it sold its
Joshua> 100,000th machine is at best a footnote to the history of
Joshua> computing (even if they are profitable now), but Steve did
Joshua> find time to mention object orientation, and even Pixar
Joshua> got a quick plug at the end.
I don't remember the Pixar plug, but I think Bob tried real hard not
to open many loose ends, which is why we didn't get more air-time, nor
was Phoenix Technologies mentioned or NeXT.
Joshua> I guess that's NeXT all over---an icon in the background,
Joshua> always in peripheral view but somehow never coming into
Joshua> focus.
Don't get me started about NeXT. ARDI had two full page ads (at $7k a
piece) in the pipe for NeXTWORLD when NeXT pulled the plug on
hardware. We got kicked hard in the teeth by that.
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--Cliff
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