Pirates of Silicon Valley Page #5

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IBM is gonna be

loading in their pants.

I don't even think

IBM knows who we are.

Good. This is guerrilla warfare.

- They're the enemy.

- They are?

I used to think maybe Steve was

born obsessed with wiping out IBM.

And in a way. you could see why.

I mean. in those days.

as far as we were concerned...

...IBM was practically

like the Pentagon.

Here were a bunch of guys

who dressed exactly the same...

...and sang company songs.

I mean. we were

these scruffy crazies...

---messing around with computer stuff

the IBM guys thought was, like, toys.

But what did they know?

- Where's your VW?

- Sold it.

1350 bucks. We're on our way.

- Steve.

- What?

- What's the problem?

- I don't know if I can build these.

Hey. Woz. I assume we're speaking

the same language. right?

Dan. Elizabeth.

I'm not speaking Swahili. am I?

I'm here to inform you

our universe is unfolding--

But I still don't think

I can build them.

I work for Hewlett-Packard sometimes.

- Yeah. and?

- My dad pointed it out...

...they get first chance

in anything I invent.

- What?

- I can't help it.

It's on the paper I signed.

Damn it. Woz!

We get our shot, our destiny...

...and now we gotta turn it

all over to these businessmen?

Steve. It is Steve. isn't it?

Yeah. Steve. you say

that this gadget of yours...

...is for ordinary people.

What on earth would ordinary

people want with computers?

What?

What?

They hated it.

They hated it.

They hated it.

Whenever Steve went

to a bank to get a loan...

...it was like they were Eskimos.

and we had a refrigerator to sell them.

Okay, so Steve didn't look

like a business guy. But who did?

Business guys and bankers thought

you'd just barfed on their shoes...

...if you tried to interest them

in computers for ordinary people.

I mean. go figure.

Where's your beard?

In the bathroom. Shaved it off.

Well. how come?

Because banks don't like beards.

So we called ourselves Apple...

...and started making

those little computers.

Me. Steve and his friends

Elizabeth and Dan.

All of us sweating away

in Steve's parents' garage.

It's like sometimes not knowing

how crazy something is...

...is a good thing.

You're just goofing around...

...until someone like Mike

shows up and says. Wow.

- Steve Jobs?

- Jobs.

Oh. right. I'm sorry. Mike Markula.

- Hey. Mike. How you doing?

- I'm well.

The man who put intelligence

into Intel.

- Yeah--

- No smoking in here.

Oh. I'm sorry about that. Yeah.

- Valentine said you might call.

- Yeah.

- Welcome to Apple Computers.

- Thank you. Here it is, huh?

I was looking for a venture

opportunity like this.

What kind of venture money

are we talking about. Mike?

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