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  1.4 The Movie 3 Idiots Pirates of Silicon Valley

My Review about the movie Pirates of Silicon Valley

After watching the Pirates of Silicon Valley, I have learned lot of things. The movie was entertaining

and interesting because it is about the history of computers and information technology itself,

which I am pursuing for a career. I was also inclined with the cast because of their good portrayal

of their characters. There were no dull moments in the movie. The time was well divided because it

shows all there is to know about the Apple and the Microsoft Company. The story revolves on the

humble beginnings of computers, particularly the beginnings of the Apple Computer Corporation

established by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak and Microsoft Inc., established by Bill Gates and his

colleagues. It also features company such as IBM and Xerox. The movie shows how the two

companies became successful and how they compete against each other for success, but in the

end, team-up together to make a better world of technology.

I was amazed on how Steve Jobs and Bill Gates made their respective companies successful and

productive to all people, but a bit disappointed on how they did it. Before being completely

successful they have gone through many challenges, and they have committed many unethical

doings. Apple copy ideas from Xerox, while Microsoft steal ideas from Apple. Basically, they steal

ideas from others, that’s why it’s called pirates because of piracy. For Steve Jobs, IBM (the most

successful computer company that time) is their competitor, but what he didn’t know is that Bill

Gates who works for him and owns the Microsoft is the one who will trick him and steal from him.

Steve was fired on the apple company because of the bad effects caused by his decision of

dividing apple into two. In 1997 Steve Jobs returned to apple. The two companies team-up

together and Microsoft now owns part of the Apple computer. 

After watching the movie, I have learned that success is very hard to attain, one must sacrifice a lot

of things and sometimes step on other people to reach it. A person who is determined to reach

success will do everything even if doing so would cause negative effects on other people. Too

much power could change a person into something hideous, just like what happened to Steve

Jobs, all the fame and power made him boastful and greedy. Bill Gates, on the otherhand, was so

hungry for success that he did many wrong doings just like stealing and copying, and calling it his

own just to reach the peak of success.

A person should also be careful on whom he should trust because he will never know who would

stub him in the back. Two is always better than one, behind the success of a person is another

person, a person will never be successful without other people, so we should always be humble

and kind towards others, because if we don’t they might back stubbed us.