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1. List as many reasons as you can to explain why the movie is named Pirates of the Silicon Valley (use examples). Remember that the Silicon Valley is an area in California where most technology companies have their main headquarters

The movie is named the Pirates of silicon valley due to what Steve Jobs said to it's employees based on what Picasso said: "A good artist copies, a great artist steals". This was like Steve Jobs' motto and puts it on practice on some parts of the movie: he steals' xerox's mouse, reproduces at&t's dial tone and makes a machine with that dial tone that makes free calls. Steve Jobs even said in the movie "its better to be a pirate than join the navy". Bill Gates also puts this on practice in the climax of the movie and microsoft: he steals Steve Jobs' operative system idea and just changes the name to make it "his invention".

Through all the movie there is always a huge competition between Steve Jobs and Bill Gates, just like pirates did, stealing what they could from the other to get better. Both Steve Jobs and Bill Gates stole ideas from other people (not just between the two) to create their business. And also can be named like this because Steve Jobs and Bill Gates were always fighting so they were like pirates that sometimes steel the others treasuries. Silli8con Valley was the place where they had their headquarters, so the title is making reference to where it happened. As Bill Gates and Steve Jobs cheated and stole from others for their own benefit, that is why they can be seen as modern pirates. Basicaly they where like the pirates of the 1970's and 80's, but, instead of sailing and stealing gold, they stole hardware and software.

As we had mention, through the movie, exists a huge competiton to rich the highes point and be always the best and more advanced than the others between the most importants or with more power Bill Gates and Stive Jobs, so as all people know stealing is easier and faster than doing it on your own, so this was their main obejtive to steal as much as they could from the other, after always being at the highes point, at the top of the moutain. The movie was call "Pirates of the Silicon Valley" because of the reasons mentioned avove and the Silicon Valley was the place were all this occured, mother pirates insted of stealing money they steal programess.