The Silicon Valley Revolution - Part 2

PART 2:
The dream of personal computers slowly turns into big business. The Macintosh goes on sale, Bill Gates creates the foundation for his software empire, the world wide web connects billions of people all over the world, Google is founded. But what happened to the ideals of the former pioneers who gave birth to the industry?
SERIES DESCRIPTION:
Today, Silicon Valley is home to billion-dollar companies responsible for shaping the world we live in today. But the beginnings were amateurish, colorful, chaotic and revolutionary. Hippies, hobbyists and businessmen initiated unprecedented advancements in modern computing. Filmmaker Jan Tenhaven tracks down the aged pioneers of the computer revolution for exclusive interviews. They are the visionaries and innovators whose ideals and dreams made our networked world a reality.
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[@revelationtrain7518]

I feel sad for them who lost out

[@paulleach3612]

It's fascinating, especially as I'm British.
We didn't really have the same sort of personal computer war over here as in the U.S.
Where the US had a generation grown up learning the hardware inside out, the UK's youth was far more software driven (although Acorn did alter the world with their clever little chip...) due to Sir Clive Sinclair being determined to put a micro-computer on sale for only £100. Granted, 1k of memory wasn't very much. To me and to many other children it was enough to set our imaginations free. So, from the start of the '80s, a nation of children from the age of 5+ knew their PEEK from their POKE...
...and within a few years best selling games (across all micro-computers) were being written by 16 year olds in their bedrooms.(Coders who would go on to lead the way through the 8 and 16 bit era of home micro-computers and on through into the '90s with PC's and consoles becoming the mainstays of a reawakening global video game industry.)

[@toastedjoe1013]

09:53 Bro, let your friend talk. It's not all about you.

[@philipmcdonagh1094]

Makes me want to throw out that quantum computer i got up and running a few year back, think we could do without that.

[@garyshin9580]

why second part don't have CC?