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.