Pirates of Silicon Valley Page #8

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...and then we talk on the phone

about it afterwards.

Jeez. Bill. I hate to see what happens

when you two have sex.

You're stealing from us!

Steve. we're not stealing from you.

So don't tell me that.

What the hell are you doing. then?

What is this that I keep hearing

about you developing this--?

What do you call it? Windows?

To compete with us?

- I'm not doing anything against you. Steve.

- Don't give me that crap!

You're pirating the software

off our Mac prototypes!

I trusted you.

If you wanna know everything

we're working on. I'll show you.

The weird thing was...

...Steve Jobs was the one guy

Bill would never yell at. It was the opposite.

Steve would order Bill to fly down there

and then blow up at him...

...but Bill, he would/ust wait it out,

convince Steve that we were no threat...

...that this Windows stuff was just

that much more smoke and mirrors...

...and a few hours later,

everything was fine.

I'm telling you, Bill's a genius at it.

And that's all you're working on?

Of course.

- Yeah?

- You know what else?

Did you read what I said in that

newspaper story on us two days ago?

- No. What'd you say?

- I said when your Macintosh comes out...

...that'd be the only computer

I'd want to buy my mom.

- Yeah?

- Yeah.

Your mom. huh?

- It's like we're one big family, you know?

- Family?

You know that.

Family.

Steve, Steve, Steve, Steve!

Tell me something.

When did this stop being a business

and start being a religion?

Thank you for your work.

And remember, what we will do

in the next year...

...will change the way people think...

...and communicate.

Hey.

- Hey.

- So enjoy the revolution...

...which we have all created and watch...

You know, Steve thinks IBM's the enemy.

Unfolds in front of us.

He doesn't get it.

You guys are.

What are you talking about?

Copies of your Windows

just started surfacing here.

You took our stuff. Bill.

You took our stuff, you fooled with it.

and you called it your own.

You always insult your guests like this?

Make no mistake.

We are all one big family.

And part of it

are our friends at Microsoft.

Bill?

Ladies and gentlemen. Bill Gates.

Finally. I wanna show you a preview...

...of the most amazing 60 seconds of film

you'll ever see.

And we're showing it only once...

...during the Super Bowl.

So watch and see how we handle IBM.

I mean Big Brother.

See. that commercial was interesting

in a lot of ways...

"because when we're at

this big hoopla at Apple...

...and their engineers are unpacking

all these Japanese computers...

...with the first copies

of our stuff, Windows...

...that looks a lot like their stuff...

I mean, if I had to pick a moment...

Hey...

...I'm getting

some pretty weird vibes here.

Sure we should stay around?

Sometimes you deal them.

Sometimes you fold them.

Now's not the time to fold.

We shall prevail.

I obviously made a mistake.

I made a mistake.

I trusted.

I believed.

Family.

Maybe a Mafia family.

You turn your back. and you get whacked.

Our guys come back from Japan

with this NEC...

...and it's loaded with Microsoft programs.

Your Microsoft programs.

They're almost identical to ours.

There may be some similarities. Steve.

Similarities?

Similarities?

- Try theft.

- Steve. all cars have steering wheels...

...but no one tries to claim

that the steering wheel was their invention.

- We have a contract, you and I.

- Well. you should read it more carefully.

What is this?

This is like doing business with...

...like. a praying mantis.

You get seduced

and then eaten alive afterwards.

Get real. will you?

You and I are both like guys

that have this rich neighbor...

...Xerox...

...that left the door open all the time.

And you go sneaking in

to steal the TV set.

Only when you get there.

you realize that I got there first.

I got the loot, Steve!

And you're yelling?

That's not fair.

I wanted to try to steal it first.

You're too late.

We're better than you are.

- We have better stuff.

- You don't get it. Steve.

That doesn't matter.

You know. like a lot of things.

there always seems to be one last time.

For us, it was when we all

came together again...

...for this big party

Steve threw for his 30th birthday.

It was just one of those things.

You know, where you try really hard

to make something work...

...but somehow it just doesn't.

And maybe you should have known it

all along.

- Is that really Ella Fitzgerald?

- I have absolutely no idea.

You hear the kind of food

they're serving?

- Salmon mousse, goafs cheese.

- I can't eat that stuff.

- Why don't we go to Denny's?

- Is that Joan Baez with him?

Wait. wait. Who's Joan Baez?

- Hi.

- John.

I need to talk to you. It's important.

Okay. John. Excuse me.

We've got a problem.

We've been asked to make a toast to Steve.

Me? Toast Steve? No way. man.

Not after what's happened. No way.

Oh. John. don't look at me. I--

Mike. you do it.

After the past few months?

I don't think so.

John. you're the one.

- No. Not now. Absolutely no way.

- Why not?

- Look. Steve thinks I'm his...

- He thinks you're what?

Ladies and gentlemen. a toast.

To a remarkable man.

A man who brought me

to this company...

...without whom none of this tonight

would ever have happened.

Steve Jobs. truly a guiding light.

A man who sees the future.

- Hear. hear!

- Steve.

Happy birthday!

It's weird. but sometimes you find things

that are more important to you...

...than the things you think are important.

You know what I mean?

Maybe it's just getting older.

Okay. guys. Let's see how we did.

That's a good one.

It's true.

We're learning about the size of the sun

versus the size of the Earth.

Hi. Steve.

I think it's gonna be really interesting,

I mean, you and me together.

Yeah.

It is.

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