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More than you will ever want to know: My 1:34 hour interview on The Internet History Podcast

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The Internet History Podcast is a great site that I fully recommend.  We should all be grateful to Brian McCullough who started the podcast, maintains it, interviews everyone and edits all the episodes.  It is really a labor of love.  Brian realizes that the very nature of the Internet does not result in a very good documentation about its history.  I have been troubled by this so I was delighted to find his site and reach out to Brian.  Brian, by the way, never heard of me before I contacted him which is just an example, in my opinion, of the lack of a comprehensive history of the Internet.

I wish the interview was shorter.  I hope to organize it a bit so one can just go to the sections of interest, such as the discussion around the creation of the cable modem or where I talk about Intel being Microsoft’s bitch (there I go again).

So here it is!  

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3 responses to “More than you will ever want to know: My 1:34 hour interview on The Internet History Podcast”

  1. Jason Cohen Avatar
    Jason Cohen

    Great interview! We would love to interview you for our new documentary about the PC industry in the 1980’s. Please contact us… jason@jasoncohenproductions.com

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  2. Michael Storm Jeske Avatar
    Michael Storm Jeske

    Cool interview. But was / Is Intel really the “bitch” of Microsoft? Are you aware of the story about the board-level project at HP called “Operation Wooden Stake” about how Intel was essentially a vampire that sucked an enormous share of profits from the PC industry. I am certain Steve Jobs was aware of that story, and made his wise iPhone chip architecture choices. You cannot let the “chip infrastructure” nonsense become a power player. I would bet that Microsoft could not have left Intel because the production ramp would been too high. It might’ve taken 5 years to build up other players (like Apple has done recently, because of the Samsung double-cross. Those MFs). This is Intel’s hold, even today, over the waning PC industry.

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    Michael Storm Jeske

    You should have a list of your favorite “tech history” sites, books, documentaries… I would certainly be interested in that. I like Nerd 1.0 and 2.0 documentaries. There is a good 1HR interview with Steve Jobs + Bill Gates at D5 here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sw8x7ASpRIY

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