30 Nov
1998
30 Nov
'98
1:54 a.m.
I viewed perhaps 45 minutes from the middle of one episode. I found
myself playing "Mystery Science Theater", that is, yelling and heckling
at the screen. What always strikes me about these sorts of shows is
that they're not useful as history. Cringely drives around in micro-bus,
talks with talking head, TH gives his sugar-coated personal view of
history from his particular corner office, and Cringely rarely
fact-checks or points out the blatant lies or evidence of sugar-coating.
Cringely's retrospective documentary in the year 2025 will be much
more interesting, after most of these companies or TH's are dead
and won't be offended by sharper analysis.
- John