硅之牛仔Silicon Cowboys Movie Script

Would be similar to playing baseball blindfolded.

Very difficult, not impossible, but very difficult.

So you might strike out a couple times, And you might fall down a couple times, But eventually you're going to start to get a feel for it, And you start getting a hit.

How many of these addresses do we need to transcribe?

65,536.

Charles lee:

We went out and got all The ibm software we could find.

Everything we could find-- games, or lotus 1-2-3, Or unimportant, really important, all of it.

We got every bit we could find.

Steve flannigan:

We would go through and run them Until something broke, and then we'd figure out well, what Broke, and why did it break.

Steve flannigan:

We liked the idea Of what compaq was trying to do a lot because Of the pc compatibility.

We thought it was the right idea.

We were rooting for it, but nobody really knew How it was going to come out.

Announcer:

We're ibm, and we've seen some very skeptical people Become very enthusiastic.

And that makes us proud because we Have more computers helping more small businesses than anybody.

Bill aulet:

So at ibm there was always This arrogance, this confidence, that no one Could recreate what we did.

And if they did, we could just we Could just tweak something because we Controlled the marketplace.

Announcer:

Ibm entered the personal computer market Two years ago and went all out unleashing Its power as the sixth largest industrial corporation In the us.

Already, the computer giant has won 25% of the personal computer market, And its share is growing.

Compaq-- they were prying open a lock box, And they were letting the genie out of the bottle.

Rod canion:

I was extremely excited and scared to death Because I was the one that had to stand Up and make this speech, which I had never done before.

Ben rosen:

Rod was not experienced in dealing With the public and the press.

Rod canion:

Ben had made sure Everybody that mattered was there.

Tv cameras were there.

We're in this beautiful old room called the library At the helmsley palace.

Good morning and welcome.