The second part of triumph of the nerds is a documentary of how the first personal computer, as we know it, was born. An interesting story of how a single group of nerds revolutionized the way we work, the way we talk... as a matter of fact, the way they changed everything.
It all started with Intel. Well, everyone tells that they first thought of the PC as a means to say that you thought about it first... but you didn't actually do it. So Intel had everything to make the first PC, they made this things that were used for processing at the time, and had a lot of years doing them. From transistors to microprocessors, they had the expertise no one had, but didn't found a way to making the first PC possible.
Another big giant was IBM, who made a lot of progress in the area and made the first personal computer architecture a reality, but they lacked one thing: an operating system. That's were Microsoft had the shot.
Microsoft was a very little company, but they had the guts to take the challenge: conceive the first operating system, which Bill Gates had already sold to IBM, when he didn't even had it. Lucky for him one if his friends, Tim Paterson was working with operating systems and already had a working version of one that they could use as their first Operating System.
What Microsoft didn't had was the vision that Steve Jobs had for the personal computer, the reach that it could have and he made it a reality. Apple revolutionized everything, making communication between man and computer just a step closer.
What history in computers show us is that there is no absolutes. It's an industry and a passion that is growing everyday at amazing speeds. People like Linus Trovalds show us that we all can be part of the change, no matter how big or how small we are, we all can contribute to the world of tomorrow. So what are we waiting for? We love computers, we love science and we love technology, let's make a change!
Diego Canizales Bollain Goytia
It all started with Intel. Well, everyone tells that they first thought of the PC as a means to say that you thought about it first... but you didn't actually do it. So Intel had everything to make the first PC, they made this things that were used for processing at the time, and had a lot of years doing them. From transistors to microprocessors, they had the expertise no one had, but didn't found a way to making the first PC possible.
Another big giant was IBM, who made a lot of progress in the area and made the first personal computer architecture a reality, but they lacked one thing: an operating system. That's were Microsoft had the shot.
Microsoft was a very little company, but they had the guts to take the challenge: conceive the first operating system, which Bill Gates had already sold to IBM, when he didn't even had it. Lucky for him one if his friends, Tim Paterson was working with operating systems and already had a working version of one that they could use as their first Operating System.
What Microsoft didn't had was the vision that Steve Jobs had for the personal computer, the reach that it could have and he made it a reality. Apple revolutionized everything, making communication between man and computer just a step closer.
What history in computers show us is that there is no absolutes. It's an industry and a passion that is growing everyday at amazing speeds. People like Linus Trovalds show us that we all can be part of the change, no matter how big or how small we are, we all can contribute to the world of tomorrow. So what are we waiting for? We love computers, we love science and we love technology, let's make a change!
Diego Canizales Bollain Goytia
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