Thursday, June 25, 2009

Pirates of Silicon Valley (Marc's Version)

Before, I really thought as Bill Gates as a very genius man that he was the one who made the computer works using a program called Operating System. But after I’ve watched the movie ‘Pirates of the Silicon Valley’, I am more amazed with what I’ve learned!! Bill Gates was a very experimental and risk taker person. Imagine, he together with his friends told IBM that they can make their computers to work, but the real deal is they have nothing but a big lie and a plan to pirate a small company’s created program called Operating System. On the other hand, Steve Jobs’ friend who made the greater effort is not the one a little of electronics but unlike with his shows a great potential in marketing skills had also pirated the device called the mouse from Xerox Company. The competitions towards a greater market lead them to pirate programs and devices and just to stay going with the race. Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, for me, are the same. They showed very remarkable marketing strategy not to mention their ‘Pirating Strategy’, jejeje. They are using the resources creatively, just like a retailer, and achieve their goals without that much of a work but a cup of saliva with a piece of cake on the top. They are great in telling sweet but persuasive words. They are really good entrepreneurs.