"Pirates of Silicon Valley" Film Questionnaire
As you watch the film, look for answers to the following questions. Once
the film has finished you are to answer the following questions and save
your answers and the questions in a file called PSV with your teles # added
to the end of the filename.
1. Who originally owned the rights to the computer Steve Wozniak made,
and why did they not take advantage of it?
2. What was the first computer that Bill Gates and Paul Allen tried to write
software for? What did they write?
3. Which company made the first large investment in Apple Computer?
4. Did Microsoft invent the Disk Operating System? Briefly explain the deal
Microsoft made with IBM concerning DOS.
5. Who invented the first mouse-driven graphical user interface?
6. What was the name of the first computer made by Apple that had a
graphical interface? (Hint: it's not the Macintosh)
7. Explain how and why did Steve Jobs leave Apple Computer.
8. The film portrayed the "pirates of silicon valley" as half-hero, half-villain.
In one or two pages, give your thoughts as to how they should be
categorized. Relate your response to how they've impacted our economy
and our way of life. How would you compare them to pioneering capitalists
of the past, such as Andrew Carnegie and Henry Ford? (Make sure you
type the essay with a word processor!)