- We have something better. - You don't understand, Steve. It does not matter!

Kelli 2022-02-26 08:02:17

After watching this movie, I think most people will remember the words "good artists copy, great artists steal" said by Jobs and Gates successively. In the film, the director regards "stealing" as the commercial art of Jobs and Gates, not to mention how desirable it is. After all, "stealing" is only the beginning of the success of Jobs and Gates, not the whole of success.

- We have something better.
- You don't understand, Steve. It doesn't matter

to me, this conversation between Jobs and Gates shines.

Apple and Microsoft have always been companies with different business ideas. The different ideas come from Jobs and Gates

. Jobs is a crazy person, just like his name "jobs", he is an out-and-out workaholic. In pursuit of product perfection, in order to implement his philosophy, Jobs at work is almost a tyrant. But there is no doubt that Jobs has an amazing sense of innovation and a unique vision. Perfection and innovation are almost synonymous with Apple products.
Unlike Jobs, Gates did not pursue the idea of ​​perfection. Gates had predicted a computer on everyone's desk back when computers were still bulky commercial items. Gates was successful in the business war, playing a small role in front of Jobs, paralyzing Jobs and creating opportunities for himself. He played the image of a traitor, but achieved final success.

"We have something better." Jobs had product success.
"It doesn't matter!" What Gates got was business success.

Today, many years later, the topic of Apple and Microsoft has never stopped.
Today, many years later, Apple is still taking the perfect route, and Microsoft is still taking the market route.
Today, many years later, Apple's pursuit of perfection has won more markets, and Microsoft's pursuit of perfection has gone a step further.

- We have something better. - You don't understand, Steve. It does not matter!

This is a dialogue between two IT giants. There was no final victory or defeat in this sentence in that era. Two different ideas are still fighting in the era.

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Extended Reading
  • Freda 2022-03-26 09:01:13

    The deep style of gossip street style makes this film have no sense of reality, no sense of characters, and no skillful narration, which makes this film less entertaining to watch. A few Woody Allen-style points, it's very painful to hit his foot with an axe.

  • Alivia 2022-03-20 09:02:56

    The film was shot in 1999, when the industry was still talking about Microsoft, and the stories that Jobs and Bill Gates had to tell came to an abrupt end in the film when Jobs returned to Apple. In the following ten years, the business fortunes of the two sides really responded to an old saying: Fengshui takes turns.

Pirates of Silicon Valley quotes

  • Paul Allen: Bill, why did you tell them we had an operating system? We don't have a thing to sell them now, you know? We're dead!

    Bill Gates: We're not dead, you're going to give us that miracle, right, Paul?

    Paul Allen: Huh? Oh yeah, right...

    Bill Gates: Come on, I thought you said you knew a guy we could buy an operating system from!

    Paul Allen: I said I "sort of" know one.

    Bill Gates: Sort of? Don't tell me "sort of"! I just told IBM!

    Paul Allen: Sort of...

  • Steve Jobs: Are you sure this thing is even gonna work?

    Steve Wozniak: If it doesn't catch fire.

    Steve Jobs: Don't even joke.