30 Oct
2015
30 Oct
'15
1:57 p.m.
I can't answer that question directly... The new Steve Jobs movie,
while a good, entertaining Sorkin film, is great, but by not a history
of personal computing or even Apple.
If you haven't read Hackers by Steven Levy, I'd recommend that as a
fun starting point!
On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 12:40 PM, Murray McCullough
<c.murray.mccullough at gmail.com> wrote:
What is the role played by the U.S. gov. in helping to
create the
microcomputer? What money & expertise did it provide? ?Steve Jobs the
Movie? doesn?t mention this nor have books written about him and
microcomputers in general mentioned this. Not even mine! Do the
computers we love owe more to gov. than we care to admit? Granted I'm
a Cdn. and 'we' here up north view it somewhat differently than
Americans...
Happy computing.
Murray :)
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Ben Sinclair
ben at bensinclair.com