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Re: Triumph of the Nerds
>>>>> "Jon" == Jon Abbott <jabbott@magicnet.net> writes:
In article <31C069D1.64CE9A5D@magicnet.net> Jon Abbott <jabbott@magicnet.net> writes:
Jon> TC Lai wrote:
>> Ditto. Very cool visual history of computing (it's nice to
>> actually see all the people and computers alluded to in all of
>> the books), but not too much on ARDI. I thought for sure that
>> they'd say something about it towards the end of the third
>> hour. Neat to see Mat commenting about Coke and programming
>> though. :)
Jon> Yep, when I heard them talking about reverse engineering
Jon> ROMs, I thought for sure that they would mention ARDI. I was
Jon> really suprised when they didn't. I missed the first 1/3 of
Jon> the show and got a bit upset when there was no mention of
Jon> ARDI in the last parts.. Has anyone videotaped it? :^)
They taped enough material that they could have mentioned us later in
the program, but my guess is that time constraints prevented them from
explaining what we do and why we *might* become important (we're not
yet). Remember, Phoenix Technologies, the company that did
exceedingly well selling BIOS ROMs to clone makers, wasn't mentioned,
either.
I think Bob made a really good documentary. Although I'd have
appreciated free advertising, I don't blame him for not showing more
of us on the show.
--Cliff
ctm@ardi.com
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