Modern day pirates

If you're a geek and proud of it, then one of your favorite movies (and if you haven't seen this yet, the link to the video is below) in your list should be Pirates of silicon valley. Never seen it? here's a brief on it:

It's the history of the two most well known companies on the planet...Microsoft and Apple. When I first saw it I was loving it so much I watched it again and again. When you watch it and let the reality sink in, you start to understand a key point to Microsoft's success: Bill and his group rose to power in the earliest days by making it seem as if his company was this immense and all powerful company that had the keys to the kingdom, the only ones in the world with the code, the only ones with the goods. BUT, they had very little back then (as in claiming they had an actual OS and didn't and so on...). Steve Jobs and the awesome Woz (more Jobs than Woz) claimed the same when it came to their first Apple computer as well.

Is this how you get to be a top dog in todays world...


Here's a question for you, and please feel free to comment on this: What would happen to a person or persons if they were to try and market or lay claim to the latest new OS, computer or gear, AND used the same approach...having only one working prototype of that OS/computer/gear etc., and trying to market it to the world promising to deliver say 1,000 units and only actually having 1 or 2 units? As opposed to the 1970's and how Microsoft & Apple became successful during that economic/legal/marketing era.

Yes, I do understand that today, a person would get sued beyond belief for trying to sell products like that, but other than slick salesmanship, what allowed Microsoft & Apple to get away with it all and become the 2 most powerful companies in the world, when it comes to software/computers etc., back then? Why weren't they shut down early on for the blatant deception? Anyways, go and get this movie. You'll thank yourself for doing it!