I just watched the first episode of NerdTV: Robert Cringely
interviewing Andy Hertzfeld. Andy seems like a really nice guy,
and is full of stories about early Apple/Mac history, like the
ones on his site
http://folklore.org/
http://www.pbs.org/cringely/nerdtv/
http://www.pbs.org/cringely/nerdtv/shows/
Much of the interview was about early Mac history so it might
only be worth watching if you're interested in that stuff, but
they also covered other things like Microsoft's monopoly and
free software.
Bob: You were in Triumph of the Nerds and did a beautiful job
I thought. And of course Steve Jobs was in the show, too. You
have a story about that?
Andy: Yeah. Steve came over to my house shortly after it aired
in 1996. I asked him what he thought of the documentary. He
said he thought it was really good, but when he watched it
on TV he thought his comment about Bill Gates having no taste
might have been a little too harsh. So he called Bill Gates
to apologize.
I don't know how you call Bill Gates, but if you are Steve
Jobs you get right through. He said, "Bill I'm calling to
apologize. I saw the documentary and I said that you had no
taste. Well I shouldn't have said that publicly. It's true,
but I shouldn't have said it publicly."
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Gerald Oskoboiny <
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