Are Steve Jobs 
and Bill Gates 
really friends or are they foes ? The movie Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999) will shred some light to help you decide if they are really friend indeed or just friend in need. Adapted from the book ,Fire in the Valley: The Making of The Personal Computer 
, the movie was narrated by acting Steve Wozniak, Steve Job’s partner, and chronicled the major events that lead to the revolution of the computer industry as we know today.
The Apple part of the film portrayed the personal life of Steve Job and Steve Wozniak, and how they built the first Apple computer from the garage, created Apple corporation, visit Xerox PARC to uncover the GUI potential and made Apple the fastest selling computer in history.
Apple Representatives
 Steve Jobs |
 Steve Wozniak |
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The Microsoft part highlighted the early days of how Bill Gates collaborated with Paul Allen working to establish their business, and most importantly purchased the DOS and licensed it to IBM, which eventually became the cash cow of Microsoft’s fortune.
Microsoft Representatives
 Bill Gates with Paul Allen |
 Steve Ballmer |
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Later, Apple and Microsoft will come together in a series of conflict when Microsoft launched Microsoft Windows 1.0 much to the surprise of Steve Jobs.
So what happened next ? Let the movie tell you 
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The full movie (80min). Enjoy it.
So how’s the relationship going now ? Find out in Historical Moment with the Great Nerds, Steve & Bill
MacWorld with special guest Noah Wyle
Noah Wyle, the actor as Steve Job in the movie, invited to MacWorld 1999 to jumpstart the event. Probably because the movie was released in same year before the event, much to anticipation of the audience.
this movie was off the hook—NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!