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Clifford T. Matthews wrote:
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> ARDI ON TV
>
> In the U.S., on Wednesday, June 12, there will be a PBS TV show that
> is video update to Robert X. Cringely's _Accidental Empires_. I'm not
> sure what the name of the show is. Some footage of ARDI employees
> (may only be a couple minutes -- we're not the stars of this show) Mat
> Hostetter, Bill Goldman and myself apparently made it into the final
> cut, but I haven't seen it myself so I don't know just how goofy we'll
> appear. Yes, overs six months ago Robert X. Cringely brought a film
> crew to ARDI world headquarters to shoot the footage. We are honored.
>
'Triumph of the NERDs' was the title of a recent Cringely show which
aired in the UK on Channel 4 last month. There was an IRC followup
to the show on Undernet with Robert taking questions live.
I remember seeing the caption for Mat Hostetter during the show and
thinking: "Mat Hostetter. Now where do I know that name from?"
Then I remembered ARDI and it all fell into place... (It's only
recently I've come back to reading the emulator newsgroups, ironically
beause of the Amiga emulator interest - I remember your conversations
Cliff of around a year ago when the can it/can't it be done debate
was well underway). Sorry, I digress.
Considering the title of the show, it was a surprisingly interesting
and detailed account of pioneering hi-tech companies. I think you
were favourably compared as the 'new Apple' company, sort of in the
image of a Wozniac garage startup company made good - at least that's
the impression I remember getting.
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