Triumph of the Nerds Part 2 "Riding the Bear"
Conflict of Interest
A situation in which the concerns/aims of two different parties are incompatible
IBM
American business phenomenon, largest computer company in the world
Mac
Apple computer
CPM
Best selling operating system, Gary Kildall
Rod Canion
Co-founder of COMPAQ, 1st to successfully clone the IBM PC
Monopoly
Complete ownership/control of something
Non Disclosure Agreement
Contract where two parties agree to not leak information to other people or the public
Operating System
Controls the programs within the computer
Clones
Copies of IBM computer
Larry Ellison
Founder of the oracle
Software License
License to use another 's software for an agreed upon amount of time for a price
IBM Compatible
Machine that works just like the IBM machine
Windows
Made by Bill Gates, new operating system, user friendly
KLOC
Measure of the size of the computer
Lotus 123
Microsoft application, killer app spreadsheet
MS DOS
Operating system from Microsoft taken from the QDOS
Proprietary
Owned by a company
IBM OS/2
Proprietary operating system (no open architecture)
QDOS
Quick and dirty operating system, sold by Tim Petterson, almost identical to CPM
Gary Kildall
Ran a company called international research, first & largest operating system (CPM)
Bill Lowe
Ran a small lab in Florida, IMB PC development team, came up with the idea of open architecture to get he computer out the door quickly
Reverse Engineering
Taking an item apart, figuring out how it works, and putting it back together
Software
Tells the computer what to do
Computer Language
Translates the commands you want the computer to do
Open Arcitechture
Using other manufacturer's products to make a computer
Central Processing Unit
Where operations are controlled
MicroSerfs
Young college students who work for Microsoft
