1 00:01:01,782 --> 00:01:04,093 Today's discussion is postponed, 2 00:01:04,094 --> 00:01:06,817 as we have a very special guest. 3 00:01:06,818 --> 00:01:08,458 He's played an instrumental part 4 00:01:08,459 --> 00:01:10,904 in the world debut of the IBM PC, 5 00:01:11,018 --> 00:01:12,609 which is now on the verge of becoming 6 00:01:12,610 --> 00:01:15,787 the industry standard for corporate America. 7 00:01:15,788 --> 00:01:19,350 Please welcome Mr. Joseph MacMillan. 8 00:01:22,749 --> 00:01:26,182 Let me start by asking a question. 9 00:01:26,183 --> 00:01:29,412 How many of you desire to be computer engineers? 10 00:01:29,776 --> 00:01:30,933 Hmm. 11 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:34,569 Oh... glad you could join us. 12 00:01:36,067 --> 00:01:38,120 Keep your hands up, keep your hands up. 13 00:01:38,121 --> 00:01:39,901 Now I'm going to list off several categories. 14 00:01:39,902 --> 00:01:42,616 When you hear a category you don't have hands-on experience in... 15 00:01:42,617 --> 00:01:44,262 Put your hand down. 16 00:01:44,263 --> 00:01:45,890 Software design. 17 00:01:46,394 --> 00:01:48,656 Hardware/software integration. 18 00:01:48,739 --> 00:01:51,115 Circuity design. Microprocessing. 19 00:01:51,116 --> 00:01:55,129 Firmware design. Very large-scale integration. 20 00:01:55,231 --> 00:01:57,374 Something funny? 21 00:01:57,375 --> 00:02:00,080 I don't thing you really know what that is. 22 00:02:00,081 --> 00:02:00,946 Why? 23 00:02:00,947 --> 00:02:03,688 Because nobody who knows what it is calls it that. 24 00:02:03,689 --> 00:02:06,754 "VLSI." How's that? 25 00:02:08,249 --> 00:02:10,117 Operating systems. 26 00:02:10,248 --> 00:02:15,085 P-ROM configuration and PLC design. 27 00:02:15,970 --> 00:02:20,568 Personal computer design. Very good. 28 00:02:20,940 --> 00:02:22,541 Now, tell me one thing that will be true 29 00:02:22,542 --> 00:02:24,772 about computers 10 years from now. 30 00:02:25,065 --> 00:02:27,129 Well, fully intelligent machines 31 00:02:27,130 --> 00:02:30,361 will simulate the actions of neurons more closely, replicate... 32 00:02:30,362 --> 00:02:33,284 Okay, thanks. You. 33 00:02:33,285 --> 00:02:37,921 Uh, computers will be connected together across one network 34 00:02:37,922 --> 00:02:39,332 with a standard protocol. 35 00:02:39,333 --> 00:02:42,606 - Like phone lines. - Obviously phone lines. 36 00:02:42,607 --> 00:02:45,414 - What's your name? - Cameron. 37 00:02:45,737 --> 00:02:47,510 Cameron Howe. 38 00:02:50,065 --> 00:02:52,433 So, you graduate this year. 39 00:02:52,449 --> 00:02:54,744 You land a job, become a programmer for what, 40 00:02:54,745 --> 00:02:58,561 what do you wanna do? Microcode? PCs? Video games? 41 00:02:58,582 --> 00:02:59,866 Do you need a quarter? 42 00:03:00,371 --> 00:03:02,365 - Got it. - Nice. 43 00:03:07,396 --> 00:03:10,626 I want to work for Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative 44 00:03:10,627 --> 00:03:12,409 and put missles in space. 45 00:03:12,410 --> 00:03:14,813 Are you afraid to give me a straight answer? 46 00:03:15,019 --> 00:03:17,872 A straight answer? Uh, let's see. 47 00:03:18,326 --> 00:03:21,804 Everything I'm studying here is so totally 10 years ago 48 00:03:21,805 --> 00:03:23,925 that no one who matters pays attention to anything I do. 49 00:03:23,926 --> 00:03:26,404 - I'm paying attention. - Yeah, but do you matter? 50 00:03:26,734 --> 00:03:28,764 Hey, can we get two more? 51 00:03:28,849 --> 00:03:30,698 Would you know if I did? 52 00:03:31,545 --> 00:03:34,473 What is this anyway, some kind of job interview? 53 00:03:34,474 --> 00:03:36,829 Maybe, maybe now. Depends on you. 54 00:03:39,743 --> 00:03:41,537 You still haven't answered my question. 55 00:03:41,538 --> 00:03:43,728 Does it even matter what I want to do? 56 00:03:43,746 --> 00:03:45,617 God, this is an industry built on people 57 00:03:45,618 --> 00:03:48,097 ripping off each other's boring-ass ideas. 58 00:03:48,184 --> 00:03:51,212 SCP rips off CP/M, Microsoft rips off SCP. 59 00:03:51,213 --> 00:03:52,895 Oh, IBM rips off everybody, right? 60 00:03:52,896 --> 00:03:54,006 You've got a lot of excuses. 61 00:03:54,007 --> 00:03:56,273 And you work for IBM! 62 00:03:56,274 --> 00:03:59,426 Hey, computers could be more. They should be. 63 00:03:59,427 --> 00:04:03,466 You build counting machines, the same thing you've done for the last 70 years. 64 00:04:03,679 --> 00:04:05,622 I don't work for IBM. 65 00:05:10,199 --> 00:05:12,860 This doesn't mean you get the job. 66 00:05:17,922 --> 00:05:19,559 Wow! 67 00:05:21,443 --> 00:05:23,481 You mean we're not in love? 68 00:05:56,771 --> 00:06:02,725 Subtitles by awaqeded www.addic7ed.com 69 00:06:06,028 --> 00:06:07,542 Clock. 70 00:06:23,736 --> 00:06:26,258 Clear the gate. 71 00:06:32,162 --> 00:06:34,654 Ain't no jail cell can hold me. 72 00:06:36,272 --> 00:06:37,594 Come on. 73 00:06:41,488 --> 00:06:44,522 You didn't have to bring the kids. 74 00:06:44,732 --> 00:06:46,380 I think I did. 75 00:06:57,163 --> 00:07:00,263 Look, I had one too many drinks. 76 00:07:00,264 --> 00:07:02,291 It got away from me. 77 00:07:02,353 --> 00:07:05,299 It won't happen again. 78 00:07:06,471 --> 00:07:08,586 Sorry. 79 00:07:11,720 --> 00:07:13,729 You still have a job? 80 00:07:14,434 --> 00:07:16,742 Of course I do. 81 00:07:17,312 --> 00:07:20,893 They could care less about me anyway. 82 00:07:23,963 --> 00:07:25,976 Remember at the demo 83 00:07:26,046 --> 00:07:28,761 when we went to turn it on and it wouldn't turn on? 84 00:07:28,762 --> 00:07:30,089 Gordon... 85 00:07:30,814 --> 00:07:36,471 It's like, 1979 was good, but then 1980 came 86 00:07:36,472 --> 00:07:40,140 and it was like, whoa... 87 00:07:40,827 --> 00:07:43,766 what happened, you know? 88 00:07:44,411 --> 00:07:48,406 What I know is that you need to be at work in four hours. 89 00:07:48,407 --> 00:07:50,089 Four. 90 00:07:52,413 --> 00:07:55,878 Then your dad... your dad said, 91 00:07:55,879 --> 00:07:58,441 "We can't lend you any more." 92 00:07:58,723 --> 00:08:01,028 And he wasn't being mean. 93 00:08:01,029 --> 00:08:04,538 He was just in his kitchen looking at me, 94 00:08:04,539 --> 00:08:08,913 and I said, "Okay, Gary." 95 00:08:08,914 --> 00:08:11,264 You're drunk, so the best thing 96 00:08:11,265 --> 00:08:14,019 you could do right now is to shut up. 97 00:08:18,029 --> 00:08:20,935 I know what IBM is. 98 00:08:22,964 --> 00:08:24,162 I also know what IBM ain't, 99 00:08:24,163 --> 00:08:26,777 and everything that ain't IBM is cheaper, faster, and better, 100 00:08:26,778 --> 00:08:28,130 and that's what this company lives by. 101 00:08:28,131 --> 00:08:29,507 Well, John, that's what Hitachi thought. 102 00:08:29,508 --> 00:08:31,800 And Burroughs and NCR 103 00:08:31,801 --> 00:08:33,200 and Honeywell and Control Data. 104 00:08:33,201 --> 00:08:35,607 No, I know all the companies that IBM has crushed, 105 00:08:35,608 --> 00:08:37,919 and Cardiff Electric ain't one of 'em. It won't be. 106 00:08:37,920 --> 00:08:39,576 You sound pretty sure about that. 107 00:08:39,577 --> 00:08:41,911 Look at you. 108 00:08:42,198 --> 00:08:45,158 Same suit, different tie. 109 00:08:46,275 --> 00:08:50,038 You know, Dallas is a long way from Armonk, New York, son. 110 00:08:50,039 --> 00:08:52,066 - That's no accident. - I couldn't agree with you more. 111 00:08:52,067 --> 00:08:54,877 Maybe I'm a guy who's done doing business like that. 112 00:08:54,878 --> 00:08:57,252 Maybe I see Cardiff Electric as a mid-major 113 00:08:57,253 --> 00:08:58,480 ready to take the jump 114 00:08:58,481 --> 00:09:00,538 and myself as the heavy hitter you need 115 00:09:00,539 --> 00:09:03,942 to legitimize your sales force, this company, this region. 116 00:09:03,943 --> 00:09:07,665 I just need someone to come in here and blow the balls off the numbers, Joe. 117 00:09:07,666 --> 00:09:10,473 I will tell you this... it's system software, straight up. 118 00:09:10,474 --> 00:09:13,192 No application, no next-gen PC garbage. 119 00:09:13,193 --> 00:09:15,272 It ain't sexy, but it sure as hell make us some serious money. 120 00:09:15,273 --> 00:09:18,077 - Then I'm your guy. - Don't know if I see it. 121 00:09:18,078 --> 00:09:20,090 You got East Coast corporate written all over ya. 122 00:09:20,091 --> 00:09:22,268 Don't like East Coast corporate. 123 00:09:22,269 --> 00:09:26,269 Hell, hotshot, you didn't bring in a damn resume. 124 00:09:33,869 --> 00:09:37,385 - And what is this? What am I looking at? - My W-2. 125 00:09:37,674 --> 00:09:40,452 - Box one is my last reported income at IBM. - Whoo-hoo. 126 00:09:40,453 --> 00:09:43,672 It's also what 200% of quota looks like. 127 00:09:44,833 --> 00:09:46,464 The golden circle. 128 00:09:46,713 --> 00:09:50,229 I'll break numbers. I always do. 129 00:09:54,956 --> 00:09:57,975 You answer to me. I'm SVP of sales, 130 00:09:57,976 --> 00:10:02,530 so you're dog shit around here until you close a deal. 131 00:10:02,531 --> 00:10:04,918 - Do you understand? - I do. 132 00:10:04,919 --> 00:10:08,412 All right: "Do." Good. 133 00:10:08,413 --> 00:10:11,448 Well, we're married. 134 00:10:12,708 --> 00:10:15,838 You may now go break your numbers, darlin'. 135 00:10:44,816 --> 00:10:47,673 ...free and clear through Lewisville and Carrollton, 136 00:10:47,674 --> 00:10:49,406 but starting to slow down... 137 00:10:51,200 --> 00:10:53,119 Hey. 138 00:10:55,333 --> 00:10:56,714 A-16. 139 00:10:58,749 --> 00:11:02,516 Hey, that's me. That's my spot, A-16. 140 00:11:09,074 --> 00:11:12,884 ...high from Love Field today is 86... 141 00:11:36,646 --> 00:11:38,202 A-16! 142 00:11:39,029 --> 00:11:40,820 A-16. 143 00:11:42,415 --> 00:11:46,712 - You're my SE for this sales call. - Oh, fantastic. 144 00:11:46,713 --> 00:11:49,972 We'll take my car, it's closer. 145 00:11:50,776 --> 00:11:52,575 You know the truth is are system's 146 00:11:52,576 --> 00:11:54,910 are outperforming every top seller in the market. 147 00:11:54,911 --> 00:11:57,199 - What about IBM? - IBM is IBM, 148 00:11:57,200 --> 00:11:58,893 but we're neck and neck and we're cheaper. 149 00:11:58,894 --> 00:12:02,081 Technically. The difference in cost is negligible. 150 00:12:02,106 --> 00:12:05,319 It just seems you guys at Cardiff think you've built yourselves a fancy race car 151 00:12:05,320 --> 00:12:07,018 that deserves and outrageous price tag. 152 00:12:07,019 --> 00:12:08,895 And we get no Big Blue guarantee. 153 00:12:08,896 --> 00:12:11,006 I don't think there is such a thing. 154 00:12:11,506 --> 00:12:13,019 Well, they had me fooled. 155 00:12:13,020 --> 00:12:15,015 Me, too. 156 00:12:16,191 --> 00:12:18,758 I worked there. 157 00:12:20,416 --> 00:12:22,506 I grew up there. 158 00:12:22,763 --> 00:12:25,872 And I was brought up to believe that the work we did, 159 00:12:25,873 --> 00:12:28,935 the things we built were the singular contribution to computers 160 00:12:28,936 --> 00:12:30,586 that history would remember. 161 00:12:30,686 --> 00:12:32,684 And I believed it for a long time. 162 00:12:33,023 --> 00:12:36,320 For a long time, it was true. 163 00:12:38,055 --> 00:12:42,451 Nobody ever got fired for buying and IBM, right? 164 00:12:42,685 --> 00:12:45,358 What a fearful way to do business. 165 00:12:45,842 --> 00:12:49,025 You've made just enough safe choices 166 00:12:49,026 --> 00:12:52,137 to stay alive, but not enough to matter. 167 00:12:52,364 --> 00:12:54,503 Is that what you want? 168 00:12:54,820 --> 00:12:57,495 You can be more. 169 00:12:57,496 --> 00:13:01,395 You want to be more, don't you? 170 00:13:02,662 --> 00:13:05,787 The window of oppurtunity is closing. 171 00:13:05,788 --> 00:13:08,183 This is your chance. 172 00:13:08,184 --> 00:13:10,851 This is not about not losing. 173 00:13:10,852 --> 00:13:15,571 This is about you finally having the confidence 174 00:13:15,794 --> 00:13:20,431 to walk out on the ledge and know that you're not going to fall. 175 00:13:21,811 --> 00:13:25,071 Are we still talking about systems software here? 176 00:13:25,072 --> 00:13:27,555 Amen, let's get this guy another drink. 177 00:13:27,585 --> 00:13:30,782 I'm not going to apologize for caring about your business, 178 00:13:30,783 --> 00:13:32,813 even if the people who work for you don't. 179 00:13:33,998 --> 00:13:36,601 I'll ask you one more time. 180 00:13:37,864 --> 00:13:40,406 Are you ready to be more? 181 00:13:53,347 --> 00:13:58,236 - There's also free install... - Gordon, please. 182 00:14:02,947 --> 00:14:05,412 I'll think about it. 183 00:14:16,845 --> 00:14:20,566 Look, it's better than a flat-out no. 184 00:14:22,529 --> 00:14:26,354 Hey, man, look, Applied Data hasn't bought jack-all from anyone in years. 185 00:14:26,355 --> 00:14:28,203 You did a solid job explaining the software, 186 00:14:28,204 --> 00:14:30,571 but I need you to do me one favor. 187 00:14:30,572 --> 00:14:31,248 Okay. 188 00:14:31,249 --> 00:14:34,163 Next time I move to close, this is what you do. 189 00:14:34,164 --> 00:14:37,767 - Okay, what? - You shut up! 190 00:14:46,796 --> 00:14:49,259 - Hey. - Hey, Mom. 191 00:14:49,375 --> 00:14:52,315 Come here, you little monkeys. Give me my kisses. 192 00:14:54,833 --> 00:14:56,447 Thank you. Go play. 193 00:15:00,762 --> 00:15:02,995 It's soda. 194 00:15:11,148 --> 00:15:13,884 Mom, Speak & Spell's not working. 195 00:15:13,912 --> 00:15:15,475 Well, what's wrong with it? 196 00:15:15,476 --> 00:15:17,789 - It won't turn on. - Joanie did it. 197 00:15:17,790 --> 00:15:21,641 Uh-uh, Haley did it. She was playing with her blocks... 198 00:15:21,642 --> 00:15:22,573 Let's see. 199 00:15:25,519 --> 00:15:28,297 Joanie's Speak & Spell won't turn on. 200 00:15:29,280 --> 00:15:31,199 Pressing "on" makes it go. 201 00:15:32,446 --> 00:15:33,646 Okay. 202 00:15:34,443 --> 00:15:37,222 - Are you gonna fix it? - I'm gonna try. 203 00:15:37,488 --> 00:15:39,353 Did it give you any good words? 204 00:15:39,965 --> 00:15:42,069 Did it stump you at all? 205 00:15:42,131 --> 00:15:43,408 No. 206 00:15:44,307 --> 00:15:45,274 Okay. 207 00:15:45,898 --> 00:15:47,926 She was throwing her blocks at it. 208 00:15:48,193 --> 00:15:50,249 But you did it. You were pressing "on." 209 00:15:50,250 --> 00:15:52,207 - I don't care who broke it. - That probably breaked it. 210 00:15:52,208 --> 00:15:54,314 - I'm just gonna get it fixed, okay? - No. 211 00:15:54,777 --> 00:15:59,035 Okay, girls, other room, please. 212 00:15:59,249 --> 00:16:01,772 Please? Thank you. 213 00:16:19,965 --> 00:16:23,160 You want to take a look and see what's wrong with that? 214 00:16:23,161 --> 00:16:25,169 They make that where you work, not where I do. 215 00:16:25,170 --> 00:16:28,624 Okay, Gordon, do you want to maybe get me the salt? 216 00:16:28,625 --> 00:16:30,063 Maybe you could reach into the cabinet 217 00:16:30,064 --> 00:16:31,486 about seven inches from your head, 218 00:16:31,487 --> 00:16:33,478 take out the salt and put it in my hand 219 00:16:33,479 --> 00:16:34,582 so I can finish cooking this. 220 00:16:34,583 --> 00:16:36,918 Do you think you could at least get me the salt? 221 00:16:40,992 --> 00:16:42,420 Here's the salt. 222 00:16:44,791 --> 00:16:46,271 Thank you. 223 00:17:04,995 --> 00:17:07,046 A-16. 224 00:17:09,165 --> 00:17:11,881 - What is this? - Page 33. 225 00:17:12,753 --> 00:17:15,367 - Man, if you think it's funny... - Page 33. 226 00:17:15,368 --> 00:17:17,366 I'm not in the mood, all right? 227 00:17:17,367 --> 00:17:19,768 Why don't you go blow-dry your hair some more or something? 228 00:17:19,769 --> 00:17:21,578 Don't you realize what you wrote? 229 00:17:24,221 --> 00:17:26,818 You wrote a treasure map. 230 00:17:28,788 --> 00:17:31,829 If you see him around, I wanna meet that guy. 231 00:17:31,830 --> 00:17:35,422 There's a project I want to discuss with him. 232 00:17:35,895 --> 00:17:37,772 Hey, hey. 233 00:17:39,538 --> 00:17:41,322 What are you doing? Why are you doing this? 234 00:17:41,323 --> 00:17:43,906 "This puts the future squarely in the hands 235 00:17:43,907 --> 00:17:44,970 of those who know computers 236 00:17:44,971 --> 00:17:46,256 not for what they are, 237 00:17:46,257 --> 00:17:49,690 but for everything they have the potential to be." 238 00:17:49,871 --> 00:17:50,658 What? 239 00:17:50,659 --> 00:17:52,454 You know who said that? 240 00:17:52,455 --> 00:17:54,453 No, no, I don't. 241 00:17:54,454 --> 00:17:56,288 You did. 242 00:17:56,992 --> 00:18:00,510 Page 36, closing paragraph. 243 00:18:00,837 --> 00:18:03,756 Computers aren't the thing. 244 00:18:05,185 --> 00:18:09,746 They're the thing that gets us to the thing. 245 00:18:35,187 --> 00:18:37,186 Over here on the circuit board, 246 00:18:37,187 --> 00:18:39,959 you've got the ROM chip. That's like the brain 247 00:18:39,960 --> 00:18:41,320 that remembers all the words... 248 00:18:41,321 --> 00:18:45,437 128 kilobits worth. That is a lot of words. 249 00:18:47,664 --> 00:18:51,142 And then you've got your VFD display right here. 250 00:18:51,143 --> 00:18:53,161 That's the part that shows you the words. 251 00:18:53,369 --> 00:18:56,468 And the speech synthesizer chip right here, 252 00:18:56,469 --> 00:19:00,068 that is the extra-special one they make where Mommy works. 253 00:19:00,069 --> 00:19:02,402 I got it. 254 00:19:05,135 --> 00:19:07,734 Hello? 255 00:19:07,735 --> 00:19:10,812 It's somebody named Joe MacMillan. 256 00:19:11,064 --> 00:19:12,826 We're headed out the door to a movie. 257 00:19:12,827 --> 00:19:14,995 - Can I have him call you back? - What does the special chip do? 258 00:19:14,996 --> 00:19:18,245 Oh, um, the chip makes it talk. 259 00:19:18,592 --> 00:19:20,191 You know, like you and me. 260 00:19:20,192 --> 00:19:22,880 - Can you make it talk? - Not right now, kiddo. 261 00:19:22,881 --> 00:19:26,773 Hey, Joanie, why don't you go get ready for the movie, 'kay? 262 00:19:33,281 --> 00:19:36,446 He wanted to know if you thought about what he said. 263 00:19:36,447 --> 00:19:39,013 That article I wrote in "Byte." 264 00:19:39,014 --> 00:19:40,780 What about it? 265 00:19:40,781 --> 00:19:42,880 He had some ideas about it. 266 00:19:42,881 --> 00:19:46,046 Oh, yeah? What kind of ideas? 267 00:19:46,047 --> 00:19:47,613 I don't know. 268 00:19:47,614 --> 00:19:49,347 It doesn't really matter. 269 00:19:52,781 --> 00:19:54,968 ...go home and watch the other two "Star Wars"? 270 00:19:54,969 --> 00:19:57,795 - You wanna do that tonight? - Hi, Joe MacMillan. 271 00:19:57,796 --> 00:20:00,429 We spoke on the phone earlier. 272 00:20:01,830 --> 00:20:03,313 Did you follow me here? 273 00:20:03,314 --> 00:20:06,486 Your husband is the best SE I've worked with at Cardiff Electric. 274 00:20:06,487 --> 00:20:08,620 Now, granted, I've only been there a week. 275 00:20:08,621 --> 00:20:11,154 Do you mind if I borrow Gordon for one second? 276 00:20:13,054 --> 00:20:15,453 - Come on. - Hey, I'll see you guys outside. 277 00:20:15,454 --> 00:20:18,286 Yeah, maybe, if Daddy lets us. 278 00:20:19,821 --> 00:20:22,553 Reverse engineer an IBM PC with me. 279 00:20:22,554 --> 00:20:25,521 What? Why? What would be the point? 280 00:20:25,522 --> 00:20:27,896 Because I want to build a machine that nobody else 281 00:20:27,897 --> 00:20:29,732 has the balls to build. 282 00:20:31,064 --> 00:20:33,983 Wow, you're serious. 283 00:20:33,984 --> 00:20:36,194 Look, that's a terrible idea. 284 00:20:36,195 --> 00:20:39,755 - Why? - For such a multitude of reasons 285 00:20:39,756 --> 00:20:40,979 that I... 286 00:20:40,980 --> 00:20:43,504 because it's illegal. 287 00:20:43,505 --> 00:20:47,304 Worst-case scenario, IBM sues us into the ground. 288 00:20:47,305 --> 00:20:50,689 Uh, Cardiff finds out, then both of us would be on the street. 289 00:20:50,690 --> 00:20:54,180 Apple, IBM, they have the market sewn up. 290 00:20:54,181 --> 00:20:59,050 Plus, you got Commodore, Tandy, Texas Instruments. 291 00:20:59,051 --> 00:21:01,642 I'm sorry, but you missed it. 292 00:21:01,698 --> 00:21:04,435 We all did. 293 00:21:04,461 --> 00:21:07,464 Gordon, wait, wait. 294 00:21:07,797 --> 00:21:09,596 That's why we do it as Cardiff Electric. 295 00:21:09,597 --> 00:21:11,106 Scale up instantly. 296 00:21:11,107 --> 00:21:12,660 Are you out of your mind? 297 00:21:12,661 --> 00:21:15,132 Buzzards like Bosworth and Cardiff would never go for something... 298 00:21:15,133 --> 00:21:16,966 - So we force their hand. - Force their hand? 299 00:21:16,967 --> 00:21:18,994 How are you gonna force their hand? 300 00:21:18,995 --> 00:21:21,261 Let me worry about that part. 301 00:21:23,228 --> 00:21:24,460 Dad! 302 00:21:24,461 --> 00:21:26,961 - Come on, Dad! - Hurry! 303 00:21:29,961 --> 00:21:31,861 Do you have a family, Joe? 304 00:21:34,161 --> 00:21:36,327 That's what I thought. 305 00:21:36,328 --> 00:21:38,828 Look, thanks, but no thanks. 306 00:21:51,661 --> 00:21:54,328 So, that was Joe MacMillan, huh? 307 00:21:58,761 --> 00:22:01,127 He stalked our family to the movies, Gordon. 308 00:22:01,128 --> 00:22:03,094 Could you please acknowledge how crazy that is? 309 00:22:03,095 --> 00:22:05,094 He's just keyed up about something. 310 00:22:05,095 --> 00:22:06,995 What does he want? 311 00:22:08,161 --> 00:22:10,594 He wants to build a computer. 312 00:22:10,595 --> 00:22:14,695 And what does that have to do with you? 313 00:22:18,628 --> 00:22:20,627 Gordon? 314 00:22:20,628 --> 00:22:22,370 Gordon, we can't do this again. 315 00:22:22,371 --> 00:22:24,612 - You know we can't. - Look, I know, okay? 316 00:22:24,613 --> 00:22:25,958 - I know. - Do you know? 317 00:22:25,959 --> 00:22:27,282 Because I just had to spread the payments 318 00:22:27,283 --> 00:22:29,222 - for Joanie's next dental visit - Oh, my God, Donna. 319 00:22:29,223 --> 00:22:32,557 over three credit cards. 320 00:22:34,291 --> 00:22:37,994 It's just literally a mistake that we can't afford to make again. 321 00:22:37,995 --> 00:22:40,369 Look, the Symphonic was a good idea. 322 00:22:40,370 --> 00:22:42,603 I know you still think so. 323 00:22:42,604 --> 00:22:45,306 - What's a Symphonic? - It's a silly computer. 324 00:22:45,307 --> 00:22:47,598 Mommy and Daddy built that didn't work. 325 00:22:48,285 --> 00:22:54,365 The Symphonic... was the best thing your dad ever did. 326 00:24:34,464 --> 00:24:36,896 Do you have any idea how expensive this thing was? 327 00:24:36,897 --> 00:24:40,296 Donna took the kids to see her brother for the three-day weekend. 328 00:24:40,297 --> 00:24:42,829 I faked a fever, so... 329 00:24:42,830 --> 00:24:45,397 let's turn this thing inside out. 330 00:24:54,208 --> 00:24:56,736 A personal computer, like any other computer, 331 00:24:56,737 --> 00:24:59,590 is just a nothing box full of electronic switches and hardware. 332 00:24:59,591 --> 00:25:03,010 You know, the IBM, the Altair, the Apple II... 333 00:25:03,011 --> 00:25:04,910 it's all the same junk. 334 00:25:04,911 --> 00:25:07,576 Anyone can buy all this stuff off the shelf right now. 335 00:25:07,577 --> 00:25:09,576 It's called "open architecture." 336 00:25:09,577 --> 00:25:14,062 I mean, IBM, they basically don't own anything inside the machine. 337 00:25:14,063 --> 00:25:15,859 Except the chip. 338 00:25:15,860 --> 00:25:17,468 Yeah, well, except what's on the chip. 339 00:25:17,469 --> 00:25:20,935 The BIOS is on one of these chips, we just don't know which one. 340 00:25:20,936 --> 00:25:24,968 The ROM BIOS is the only part of the machine IBM actually designed. 341 00:25:24,969 --> 00:25:29,301 I mean, it is the program, it is the magic. 342 00:25:29,302 --> 00:25:32,968 The bad news is they copyrighted it and they own how it works. 343 00:25:32,969 --> 00:25:37,035 The good news is there's a way around that, sort of. 344 00:25:37,036 --> 00:25:38,628 Reverse engineering. 345 00:25:38,629 --> 00:25:40,381 Right, grab me the oscilloscope. 346 00:25:40,382 --> 00:25:44,146 And a pen and paper. We need to record these pin voltages. 347 00:25:45,647 --> 00:25:49,179 I am a little rusty at this. 348 00:25:51,647 --> 00:25:53,113 Yeah. 349 00:25:53,114 --> 00:25:55,298 Plus five? 350 00:25:55,952 --> 00:25:57,152 Yeah. 351 00:25:57,233 --> 00:25:58,355 - Zero? - Mm-hmm. 352 00:25:58,556 --> 00:26:01,197 - Zero. - Mm-hmm. 353 00:26:01,198 --> 00:26:02,838 - Plus five. - Yeah. 354 00:26:02,839 --> 00:26:03,905 - Zero. - Mm-hmm. 355 00:26:03,906 --> 00:26:05,338 - Plus five. - No. 356 00:26:05,339 --> 00:26:06,705 - Zero. - Yeah. 357 00:26:06,706 --> 00:26:08,038 - Plus five? Zero. - Yeah. 358 00:26:08,039 --> 00:26:09,872 - Minus five? - Yeah, yeah. 359 00:26:09,873 --> 00:26:10,938 - Zero. - Yeah. 360 00:26:10,939 --> 00:26:12,372 - Minus five. - Yeah. 361 00:26:12,373 --> 00:26:15,305 Zero. 362 00:26:15,306 --> 00:26:18,073 - Yeah. - Plus five? 363 00:26:35,373 --> 00:26:38,539 That's it. Let's get to work. 364 00:26:39,639 --> 00:26:41,853 All right, write these numbers down. 365 00:26:41,873 --> 00:26:43,305 2-8-0-0... 366 00:26:43,306 --> 00:26:46,072 1-3-1-6... 367 00:26:46,073 --> 00:26:47,905 0-4-5-6... 368 00:26:47,906 --> 00:26:49,972 Wait, wait, wait, what am I doing here? 369 00:26:49,973 --> 00:26:52,872 We're writing down the contents of the addresses, all right? 370 00:26:52,873 --> 00:26:55,938 So each group of four lights represents a hex digit. 371 00:26:55,939 --> 00:26:57,238 I understand hexadecimal code. 372 00:26:57,239 --> 00:26:59,972 How are you getting this from that? 373 00:26:59,973 --> 00:27:02,705 This first line, that's a B. 374 00:27:02,706 --> 00:27:06,138 Two on, one off, one on. 375 00:27:06,139 --> 00:27:07,972 Okay, second line here, E. 376 00:27:07,973 --> 00:27:10,705 - Three on, one off... - Oh, I get it, I get it. 377 00:27:10,706 --> 00:27:13,073 How many of these addresses do we need to transcribe? 378 00:27:14,239 --> 00:27:17,406 65,536. 379 00:27:20,073 --> 00:27:21,738 E-4-2-1. 380 00:27:21,739 --> 00:27:26,672 8-0... C-4... C-2-7-2... 381 00:27:26,673 --> 00:27:28,138 3-8-7-9... 382 00:27:28,139 --> 00:27:30,272 C-9-1-0... 383 00:27:30,273 --> 00:27:32,405 4-C... 384 00:27:32,406 --> 00:27:34,838 1-9-2-1... 385 00:27:44,606 --> 00:27:48,239 ...6-C-9-4. 386 00:27:53,673 --> 00:27:55,638 All right, fire up the monitor. 387 00:27:55,639 --> 00:27:57,353 I'm gonna go put on some coffee. 388 00:27:57,354 --> 00:27:59,500 Are we done? 389 00:27:59,588 --> 00:28:03,054 With this part. 390 00:28:10,016 --> 00:28:12,249 All right... ahem... 391 00:28:12,250 --> 00:28:15,082 let's see if we got it right. 392 00:28:32,016 --> 00:28:34,982 There's a prompt. That's a good sign. 393 00:28:45,450 --> 00:28:47,282 You found a needle in a haystack. 394 00:28:47,283 --> 00:28:49,491 Now, hold on. Let's fire up the printer. 395 00:28:49,492 --> 00:28:52,125 We still have a lot to do. 396 00:29:10,659 --> 00:29:13,925 The IBM PC-ROM BIOS. 397 00:29:13,926 --> 00:29:16,326 That's the assembly language code. 398 00:29:23,759 --> 00:29:25,225 Now we do our own chip. 399 00:29:25,226 --> 00:29:27,158 Well, I mean... 400 00:29:27,159 --> 00:29:29,458 I told you. 401 00:29:29,459 --> 00:29:31,091 It's a treasure map. 402 00:29:31,092 --> 00:29:33,391 Yeah, maybe, but look... 403 00:29:35,126 --> 00:29:38,025 Oh, this definitely calls for a toast... 404 00:29:43,159 --> 00:29:45,026 Oh, shit. 405 00:29:48,292 --> 00:29:51,158 I-I thought you weren't gonna be back till Monday. 406 00:29:51,159 --> 00:29:54,225 It is Monday. 407 00:29:54,226 --> 00:29:57,125 Haley's sick. I figured she caught whatever you had, 408 00:29:57,126 --> 00:30:00,460 but looking at you now, I can tell that you're not sick at all. 409 00:30:01,659 --> 00:30:04,834 Would you please tell me that you didn't buy all this? 410 00:30:04,835 --> 00:30:07,801 - Maybe I can help explain... - I'd like to speak to my husband... 411 00:30:07,802 --> 00:30:09,168 privately. 412 00:30:19,235 --> 00:30:22,114 - Honey, just let me explain... - I really don't understand. 413 00:30:22,115 --> 00:30:24,022 - Let me just defend myself here. - Why would you lie to me? 414 00:30:24,023 --> 00:30:25,395 Hold on, I did not lie to you 415 00:30:25,396 --> 00:30:26,619 - about anything. - You did, you lied. 416 00:30:26,620 --> 00:30:28,935 - No, I did not lie to you. - Gordon, this is going backwards. 417 00:30:28,936 --> 00:30:30,390 This right here, this is what I want to do with my life! 418 00:30:30,391 --> 00:30:33,656 Yes, but don't you realize what you're risking? 419 00:30:33,657 --> 00:30:36,224 Don't you realize what you have now? 420 00:30:38,491 --> 00:30:40,990 Well, it's not enough. 421 00:30:40,991 --> 00:30:43,924 Okay? I'm sorry, it's not enough. 422 00:30:46,691 --> 00:30:49,956 Okay. 423 00:30:49,957 --> 00:30:52,690 Well, it always has been enough for me. 424 00:30:52,691 --> 00:30:54,038 Come on, Donna, don't be like that. 425 00:30:54,039 --> 00:30:55,721 But I guess I never had the burden of believing 426 00:30:55,722 --> 00:30:58,489 that I was some misunderstood genius. 427 00:31:04,389 --> 00:31:07,021 Let's put you to bed. 428 00:31:07,022 --> 00:31:09,855 - John? - Nope. 429 00:31:09,856 --> 00:31:11,955 I'm sorry, but I think you'll wanna take this. 430 00:31:11,956 --> 00:31:13,388 Mama makin' pork chops tonight. 431 00:31:13,389 --> 00:31:15,422 It's IBM. 432 00:31:26,822 --> 00:31:29,021 Bosworth here. 433 00:31:29,022 --> 00:31:34,939 John, it's Dale Butler, Senior Vice President of Sales, North America. 434 00:31:36,322 --> 00:31:39,089 What can I do you for, Dale? 435 00:31:40,489 --> 00:31:42,089 You got one of my boys down there. 436 00:31:42,090 --> 00:31:43,606 Why, yes, we do. 437 00:31:43,607 --> 00:31:45,273 MacMillan. Uh-huh. 438 00:31:45,274 --> 00:31:47,606 Interesting fella. 439 00:31:47,607 --> 00:31:49,666 I guess I can say it's 440 00:31:49,667 --> 00:31:51,075 good to know he's alive. 441 00:31:51,076 --> 00:31:53,108 How so? 442 00:31:53,109 --> 00:31:56,375 Joe walked out the front door of our offices last March. 443 00:31:56,376 --> 00:31:58,175 And? 444 00:31:58,176 --> 00:31:59,876 And he never came back. 445 00:32:04,943 --> 00:32:07,442 You lost me, Dale. 446 00:32:07,443 --> 00:32:09,575 No one has seen or heard from Joe MacMillan 447 00:32:09,576 --> 00:32:11,408 in more than a year. 448 00:32:11,409 --> 00:32:13,008 We even filed police reports. 449 00:32:13,009 --> 00:32:14,942 Up until we caught wind he was working for you, 450 00:32:14,943 --> 00:32:18,975 we believed the worst, but here we are. 451 00:32:18,976 --> 00:32:21,075 He's damaged goods, John. 452 00:32:21,076 --> 00:32:24,342 I wish I could've warned you, but now it might be too late. 453 00:32:24,343 --> 00:32:27,308 How so? 454 00:32:27,309 --> 00:32:31,176 I'm here with Rebecca Taylor, our in-house legal counsel. 455 00:32:33,343 --> 00:32:36,212 Hi, John. 456 00:32:36,213 --> 00:32:38,420 We've got a problem. 457 00:32:50,643 --> 00:32:52,810 You two... sit down. 458 00:32:55,310 --> 00:32:56,675 This here is Nathan Cardiff. 459 00:32:56,676 --> 00:32:58,342 He owns the company you destroyed. 460 00:32:58,343 --> 00:33:00,542 We just got done with a two-and-a-half-hour jaw 461 00:33:00,543 --> 00:33:01,975 with IBM's legal team, 462 00:33:01,976 --> 00:33:03,675 including your old boss, Dale Butler. 463 00:33:03,676 --> 00:33:05,143 Oh, yeah? How's he doing? 464 00:33:06,976 --> 00:33:09,109 Oh, he's doing pretty splendid, 465 00:33:09,110 --> 00:33:12,009 given the fact that Big Blue is gonna liquidate this company 466 00:33:12,010 --> 00:33:15,109 to the tune of several dozen million dollars in legal damages 467 00:33:15,110 --> 00:33:17,775 because two idiot children in our employ 468 00:33:17,776 --> 00:33:19,975 decided to rip off their flagship product. 469 00:33:19,976 --> 00:33:21,742 Sir, that wasn't the idea. 470 00:33:21,743 --> 00:33:23,109 We did this solely on our own. 471 00:33:23,110 --> 00:33:24,222 It turns out that doesn't matter... 472 00:33:24,223 --> 00:33:27,881 and, believe me, we tried to feed you to the wolves, boys. 473 00:33:27,882 --> 00:33:30,081 But because MacMillan here worked at IBM 474 00:33:30,082 --> 00:33:32,315 and you two were in our employ at the time of your little project, 475 00:33:32,316 --> 00:33:35,181 that project is ours now, for better or worse. 476 00:33:35,182 --> 00:33:36,948 Worse, in this case. 477 00:33:36,949 --> 00:33:39,815 Butler and that woman Taylor are headed down here tomorrow. 478 00:33:39,816 --> 00:33:42,648 Sir, how the hell did IBM find out about this? 479 00:33:42,649 --> 00:33:44,816 I told them. 480 00:33:46,616 --> 00:33:48,948 Hey! Hey! 481 00:33:48,949 --> 00:33:50,495 That's how you force their hand? 482 00:33:50,496 --> 00:33:51,475 You call IBM? 483 00:33:51,476 --> 00:33:52,842 Just let everybody cool off. 484 00:33:52,843 --> 00:33:54,515 This is exactly what my wife... 485 00:33:54,516 --> 00:33:56,826 Joe, look at me. I'm not like you, okay? 486 00:33:56,827 --> 00:34:00,129 I have a wife, kids, a mortgage, okay? 487 00:34:00,130 --> 00:34:03,596 I was fine until you threw that stupid article in my face and gave me some... 488 00:34:03,597 --> 00:34:05,329 What? What did I give you, Gordon? 489 00:34:05,330 --> 00:34:08,763 - Oh, go to hell, Joe. - Good! Get angry, get angry! 490 00:34:08,764 --> 00:34:11,063 Feel something, like you did in that garage, 491 00:34:11,064 --> 00:34:14,163 because this is the only way we get what we want. 492 00:34:14,164 --> 00:34:16,896 - There is no "we," Joe. - There is now. 493 00:34:16,897 --> 00:34:19,896 I was at COMDEX two years ago. 494 00:34:19,897 --> 00:34:24,329 I saw the Symphonic demo. It was ahead of its time. 495 00:34:24,330 --> 00:34:27,629 That was then, this is now... and a year from now, 496 00:34:27,630 --> 00:34:30,096 you're gonna thank me. You're a builder, Gordon. 497 00:34:30,097 --> 00:34:32,796 No, I'm not, okay? Not anymore. 498 00:34:32,797 --> 00:34:35,342 All right? Get that through your head. 499 00:34:42,530 --> 00:34:44,564 Hey. 500 00:34:47,230 --> 00:34:49,864 - Yeah. - Yes. 501 00:34:51,864 --> 00:34:54,063 I figured you needed a break. 502 00:34:54,064 --> 00:34:55,829 Daddy, you fixed it! 503 00:34:55,830 --> 00:34:58,063 Yeah, well, turn it on. 504 00:34:58,064 --> 00:35:01,563 Hello, Joanie. 505 00:35:01,564 --> 00:35:04,063 How'd you get it to say my name? 506 00:35:04,064 --> 00:35:06,137 Well, I programmed it. 507 00:35:06,138 --> 00:35:08,096 Now spell something for me. 508 00:35:10,163 --> 00:35:14,596 D-A-D-D-Y. 509 00:35:14,597 --> 00:35:16,497 What's that spell? 510 00:35:24,163 --> 00:35:27,829 Look, I've been awful. 511 00:35:27,830 --> 00:35:30,630 I'm sorry. 512 00:35:32,297 --> 00:35:34,562 I know you think you need this. 513 00:35:34,563 --> 00:35:38,129 And whatever it is, I'm pretty sure I can't stop you. 514 00:35:38,130 --> 00:35:42,396 Yeah, I know. I've already stopped, okay? 515 00:35:42,397 --> 00:35:48,129 Computers, my job... none of that matters. 516 00:35:48,130 --> 00:35:50,697 Not without you. 517 00:36:05,097 --> 00:36:06,997 Build it. 518 00:36:08,330 --> 00:36:11,329 Whatever it is you're dreaming of, build it. 519 00:36:11,330 --> 00:36:15,397 I know you can make it great. 520 00:36:19,163 --> 00:36:21,796 But here's the deal. 521 00:36:21,797 --> 00:36:24,863 You wanna partner with Joe MacMillan... 522 00:36:27,397 --> 00:36:30,129 then you partner with me and this family. 523 00:36:30,130 --> 00:36:32,696 Yeah. 524 00:36:32,697 --> 00:36:34,430 Deal. 525 00:36:41,409 --> 00:36:43,206 Why can't we fire these peckerheads? 526 00:36:43,207 --> 00:36:44,806 Because then you'll lose this lawsuit. 527 00:36:44,807 --> 00:36:46,406 Fire them, shelve their work, 528 00:36:46,407 --> 00:36:47,906 you're essentially admitting guilt. 529 00:36:47,907 --> 00:36:50,006 Okay, so what's the solution, Barry? 530 00:36:50,007 --> 00:36:51,673 We legitimize the project. 531 00:36:51,674 --> 00:36:53,673 - What? - Go the other way. 532 00:36:53,674 --> 00:36:55,673 We say Cardiff Electric as a company 533 00:36:55,674 --> 00:36:57,573 has been pursuing PC development all along. 534 00:36:57,574 --> 00:36:59,173 I don't see how the hell that'd solve any... 535 00:36:59,174 --> 00:37:01,006 You take Clark's findings on the BIOS chip, 536 00:37:01,007 --> 00:37:03,273 you tell an engineer to build a unit that operates and performs 537 00:37:03,274 --> 00:37:05,973 in exactly the same way, but you don't tell him how to do it. 538 00:37:05,974 --> 00:37:07,673 Hell, I don't think we have one engineer 539 00:37:07,674 --> 00:37:09,306 capable of building a BIOS from scratch 540 00:37:09,307 --> 00:37:11,473 other than "Sonny Bono" over here. 541 00:37:11,474 --> 00:37:14,173 And you can't use him or any other engineer we currently employ. 542 00:37:14,174 --> 00:37:18,040 - So we have to hire? - Yes, someone who doesn't know us or IBM 543 00:37:18,041 --> 00:37:20,373 and certainly hasn't seen the contents of this binder. 544 00:37:20,374 --> 00:37:22,506 Essentially, all the law stipulates 545 00:37:22,507 --> 00:37:25,206 is that he can't be hands-on in the actual chip creation. 546 00:37:25,207 --> 00:37:27,140 - And we can't fire them. - No, not right now. 547 00:37:27,141 --> 00:37:30,873 So we get out of this by actually building a PC clone? 548 00:37:30,874 --> 00:37:33,806 This is your brilliant idea to save our hides, Barry? 549 00:37:33,807 --> 00:37:36,140 For God's sake, man! 550 00:37:36,141 --> 00:37:38,473 No. 551 00:37:38,474 --> 00:37:42,074 Actually, it was MacMillan's. 552 00:37:48,674 --> 00:37:51,206 You son of a bitch. 553 00:37:51,207 --> 00:37:53,106 Now, why didn't you tell me about this yesterday? 554 00:37:53,107 --> 00:37:55,206 I needed you to exhaust your options 555 00:37:55,207 --> 00:37:57,506 so that you would take this one seriously. 556 00:37:57,507 --> 00:38:00,040 Do you know how many futures you're toying with here, son? 557 00:38:00,041 --> 00:38:02,282 Selling systems software, I probably would've 558 00:38:02,283 --> 00:38:04,040 made you a couple hundred thousand... 559 00:38:04,041 --> 00:38:08,873 You listen to me, boy! You listen to me! 560 00:38:08,874 --> 00:38:12,606 I admire your tenacity, 561 00:38:12,607 --> 00:38:17,594 but I draw the line at you claiming that you did me a favor. 562 00:38:20,741 --> 00:38:23,006 Don't screw this up. 563 00:38:23,007 --> 00:38:27,073 'Cause in Texas, you put a man's livelihood on the line and you don't follow through, 564 00:38:27,074 --> 00:38:29,373 there's not gonna be another new job 565 00:38:29,374 --> 00:38:32,840 'cause ain't nobody gonna be able to find where you're buried. 566 00:38:32,841 --> 00:38:35,474 You've got something to say, Gordon? 567 00:38:36,341 --> 00:38:38,406 No. No, sir. 568 00:38:38,407 --> 00:38:40,406 Where are we gonna find this new engineer? 569 00:38:40,407 --> 00:38:43,040 We needed him yesterday. IBM legal's here first thing tomorrow. 570 00:38:43,041 --> 00:38:45,173 - I need time to vet a candidate. - We don't have time. 571 00:38:45,174 --> 00:38:47,006 You think IBM is just sitting around on their asses? 572 00:38:47,007 --> 00:38:49,640 Who do we have right now, huh? 573 00:38:49,641 --> 00:38:52,274 Who do we have right now? 574 00:38:55,653 --> 00:38:57,919 "Wanna Be Manor" plays. 575 00:39:20,614 --> 00:39:23,073 Next game. 576 00:39:25,981 --> 00:39:27,807 What the hell? You've 577 00:39:27,808 --> 00:39:29,404 been on for over an hour. 578 00:39:29,405 --> 00:39:31,238 Hey. 579 00:39:31,438 --> 00:39:32,472 Hey. 580 00:39:32,473 --> 00:39:34,258 Get your hands off me, man. 581 00:39:34,259 --> 00:39:35,644 We're getting complaints. 582 00:39:37,559 --> 00:39:40,091 Unbelievable. You're gone. 583 00:39:40,092 --> 00:39:42,324 Go! 584 00:39:42,325 --> 00:39:43,892 Later, spooky bitch. 585 00:39:45,892 --> 00:39:48,892 - Hey! - What? 586 00:39:49,092 --> 00:39:52,491 - That's enough! - Put me down! 587 00:39:52,492 --> 00:39:54,491 - Come on! - Let go of me! 588 00:39:54,492 --> 00:39:55,991 Go! 589 00:39:59,059 --> 00:40:01,425 Fascist! 590 00:40:03,892 --> 00:40:05,459 God. 591 00:40:07,759 --> 00:40:10,325 Oh, Jesus. 592 00:40:11,925 --> 00:40:13,959 No. 593 00:40:15,559 --> 00:40:17,092 What? 594 00:40:18,759 --> 00:40:20,525 Great. 595 00:40:29,325 --> 00:40:30,558 You know I screwed him, right? 596 00:40:30,559 --> 00:40:33,491 Let's be adult about this. 597 00:40:33,492 --> 00:40:35,091 You love talking down to me, don't you? 598 00:40:35,092 --> 00:40:37,391 Look, there are a thousand other engineers we can get. 599 00:40:37,392 --> 00:40:40,391 Preferably one you haven't bedded down with. 600 00:40:40,392 --> 00:40:42,300 Who are you again? 601 00:40:42,301 --> 00:40:45,219 I'm the guy who figured out the boot code in four days. 602 00:40:45,220 --> 00:40:46,158 What have you done? 603 00:40:46,159 --> 00:40:48,319 You heard him... a thousand other engineers. 604 00:40:48,320 --> 00:40:50,719 No. 605 00:40:50,720 --> 00:40:52,885 You need me, otherwise you wouldn't be here. 606 00:40:52,886 --> 00:40:54,985 What do you want? 607 00:40:54,986 --> 00:40:58,022 I want you to go dangle your little opportunity in someone else's face. 608 00:40:58,023 --> 00:40:59,345 Then why are you still here? 609 00:40:59,346 --> 00:41:01,683 I wanted to see what I was so wrong about the first time. 610 00:41:01,684 --> 00:41:03,283 I regret that happened. 611 00:41:03,284 --> 00:41:05,483 I'm sorry you feel bad for hurting my feelings, 612 00:41:05,484 --> 00:41:07,450 but don't worry, you didn't. 613 00:41:07,451 --> 00:41:09,583 It wasn't supposed to be personal. I was scouting you. 614 00:41:09,584 --> 00:41:12,417 Scouting you for this exact moment. 615 00:41:12,418 --> 00:41:13,884 - Humph. - No, wait. 616 00:41:15,551 --> 00:41:18,750 This is too important to get wrong. 617 00:41:18,751 --> 00:41:20,683 "No one who matters pays attention," right? 618 00:41:20,684 --> 00:41:22,250 Okay, stop selling me. 619 00:41:22,251 --> 00:41:23,917 I don't need you. 620 00:41:23,918 --> 00:41:25,717 You think I don't see it? 621 00:41:25,718 --> 00:41:27,283 This takes off, I write my own ticket, 622 00:41:27,284 --> 00:41:30,617 but if it goes wrong, I'm a college dropout 623 00:41:30,618 --> 00:41:33,083 repairing VCRs for $3.25 an hour, 624 00:41:33,084 --> 00:41:35,117 so forgive me for weighing my options. 625 00:41:35,118 --> 00:41:37,183 See? 626 00:41:37,184 --> 00:41:39,051 Now you're thinking like a professional. 627 00:41:42,351 --> 00:41:44,850 How much money would you give me? 628 00:41:44,851 --> 00:41:48,851 Junior engineer, no experience... 20 grand. 629 00:41:50,218 --> 00:41:51,850 Double it. 630 00:41:51,851 --> 00:41:53,883 My wife makes 15 at TI. 631 00:41:53,884 --> 00:41:55,751 Well, then I feel sorry for her. 632 00:41:59,284 --> 00:42:00,818 So? 633 00:42:02,151 --> 00:42:03,818 What's it gonna be, Joe? 634 00:42:50,118 --> 00:42:51,583 Answer honestly. 635 00:42:51,584 --> 00:42:53,383 This is for legal record. 636 00:42:53,384 --> 00:42:58,683 False answers put you at risk of perjury, you understand? 637 00:42:58,684 --> 00:43:00,817 I'm sorry, you have to answer "yes" or "I do." 638 00:43:00,818 --> 00:43:03,051 Oh, yes, I do. 639 00:43:06,951 --> 00:43:10,017 Have you ever attempted to disassemble or deconstruct 640 00:43:10,018 --> 00:43:13,117 any product manufactured by International Business Machines, 641 00:43:13,118 --> 00:43:15,318 more commonly known as IBM? 642 00:43:18,784 --> 00:43:21,483 Uh, no, I have not. 643 00:43:21,484 --> 00:43:23,617 Have you ever attempted to reverse engineer 644 00:43:23,618 --> 00:43:26,818 any product or equipment made by IBM? 645 00:43:27,951 --> 00:43:29,750 No, I have not. 646 00:43:29,751 --> 00:43:31,750 Have you ever attempted to reverse engineer 647 00:43:31,751 --> 00:43:35,017 any microchips, microcode, or any computer hardware 648 00:43:35,018 --> 00:43:38,283 while under the employ of a business or corporation? 649 00:43:38,284 --> 00:43:40,118 No, I have not. 650 00:43:42,618 --> 00:43:44,650 Well, welcome... 651 00:43:44,651 --> 00:43:50,650 to the tiniest, leakiest lifeboat... 652 00:43:50,651 --> 00:43:53,118 you ever tried to paddle to shore in. 653 00:43:54,951 --> 00:43:57,517 I had some numbers run, looks like this PC business 654 00:43:57,518 --> 00:44:01,583 is gonna cost us upwards of a couple million dollars just to get in the door. 655 00:44:01,584 --> 00:44:03,517 So, in order to reach that perfect world 656 00:44:03,518 --> 00:44:05,017 where we actually start selling things 657 00:44:05,018 --> 00:44:06,450 rather than running from the bogeyman, 658 00:44:06,451 --> 00:44:10,517 there will be some rules. One, no bullshit. 659 00:44:10,518 --> 00:44:13,217 - Sorry, what constitutes bull... - Whatever I damn say it is. 660 00:44:13,218 --> 00:44:18,150 Two, hours are now from when this meeting is done until when you die. 661 00:44:18,151 --> 00:44:22,917 And three, I know I can't fire any of you yet, 662 00:44:22,918 --> 00:44:25,117 but that also means you can't leave, 663 00:44:25,118 --> 00:44:26,583 so if I need to stomp on one of y'all's heads 664 00:44:26,584 --> 00:44:28,483 to feel better about my morning shave, 665 00:44:28,484 --> 00:44:32,817 whoa, you're gonna have to find a way to deal with that. 666 00:44:32,818 --> 00:44:35,584 Do you understand? 667 00:44:38,351 --> 00:44:40,650 So, who's my boss or whatever? 668 00:44:40,651 --> 00:44:42,050 Me. 669 00:44:43,518 --> 00:44:45,584 IBM is here. 670 00:44:47,118 --> 00:44:49,050 Listen, keep your stories straight. 671 00:44:49,051 --> 00:44:51,717 You're gonna be reciting them all day. 672 00:44:51,718 --> 00:44:53,684 Joe, one more thing. 673 00:44:57,484 --> 00:44:59,883 According to IBM, you've been on the side of a milk carton 674 00:44:59,884 --> 00:45:01,983 for about a year. 675 00:45:01,984 --> 00:45:05,883 Yeah, I hired you. I didn't check your references, 676 00:45:05,884 --> 00:45:10,650 so whatever this is, son, I'm on the hook for it. 677 00:45:10,651 --> 00:45:13,083 You understand? 678 00:45:13,084 --> 00:45:14,751 Yeah. 679 00:45:18,284 --> 00:45:22,050 I've worked here for 22 years. 680 00:45:22,051 --> 00:45:25,484 I helped build this company into what it is. 681 00:45:26,851 --> 00:45:31,017 And you backed me into a corner in my own home? 682 00:45:31,018 --> 00:45:37,118 I'm never... I'm never gonna forget that. 683 00:45:38,151 --> 00:45:40,584 Never. 684 00:45:41,784 --> 00:45:44,283 I'm gonna root through your closets, boy. 685 00:45:44,284 --> 00:45:48,118 Oh, I'm gonna pull every loose thread. 686 00:46:11,018 --> 00:46:12,517 - How are you? Dale. - Good to see ya. 687 00:46:12,518 --> 00:46:13,917 Good to see you. 688 00:46:13,918 --> 00:46:16,550 John Bosworth, Miss Taylor. We spoke on the phone. 689 00:46:16,551 --> 00:46:18,051 This way. 690 00:46:25,984 --> 00:46:28,551 Holy shit. 691 00:46:32,251 --> 00:46:35,118 What are you trying to prove with all this? 692 00:47:00,691 --> 00:47:06,635 Subtitles by awaqeded www.addic7ed.com