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acomjeantoday at 5:22 PM0 repliesview on HN

They’re “triumph of the nerds”really good. Really gets to the pivotal points in business.

The story of how MS got the operating system contract told by Gates/Balmer and the IBM executives. (MS at the time didn’t have an operating system, just software)

Also includes the Apple tour of Xerox research told by Steve Jobs and some of the xerox folks.

Worth a watch. Transcripts if you want to read: (part 2 is the IBM entering the business)

https://www.pbs.org/nerds/transcript.html