类型：书呆子的胜利：意外帝国的崛起
地区：美国 年份：1996
主演：RobertX.Cringely/比尔·盖茨/史蒂夫·乔布斯/史蒂夫·鲍尔默
导演：Paul Se
简介：TriumphoftheNerds:TheRiseofAccidentalEmpireszoomsbackwardsontheinformationsuperhighwaytoshowinvividdetailhowyouthfulamateurs,hippiesandself-proclaimed"nerds"accidentallychangedtheworld.Thethree-hourprogramchroniclesthebirthandgrowthofSiliconValley'spersonalcomputerindustry. HostedbyBobCringely,alongtimeindustryobserver,thestoryunfoldsthroughBayAreagarages,industrialparksandconveniencestorestoexaminethequirky,relentlessandprofitableadventuresoftheunlikely20th-centurypioneerswhocreatedthemiracleproductsthatrevolutionizedtheworld. TriumphoftheNerdsfeaturesinterviewswithsomeoftheindustry'smostrecognizablecharacters,includingMicrosoft'sBillGatesandPaulAllen,andApplefounderSteveJobs.Forthefirsttime,televisiontacklesthehistoryofthisnewindustrywithattentiontotheculturefromwhichitsprangaswellastheculturethatitcreated. Cringely'sbook,AccidentalEmpires:HowtheBoysofSiliconValleyMakeTheirMillions,BattleForeignCompetition,andStillCan'tGetaDate,wasanationalbest-seller.Havingwrittenwhimsicalcommentaryforanindustrytradepublication,Cringelybringstartandinsightfulobservationstotheprogram. Dividedintothreediscreteone-hourunits,TRIUMPHOFTHENERDSisenhancedbycomicbookgraphics,extensiveresearchandCringely'sself-deprecatinghumor.ExploringtheriseofApple,Microsoftandothercompanies,theprogramexaminestheintra-industrycompetitionandthedisplacementofcorporategiantslikeIBM.Designedforviewingbyyoungsterswhocan'timagineaworldwithoutlaptops,theirstrugglingparents,theexperts,thewannabes,theconfusedandtheunenlightened,TRIUMPHOFTHENERDSputscyberspaceinasocialandhistoricalcontext.