简介：TriumphoftheNerds:TheRiseofAccidentalEmpireszoomsbackwardsontheinformationsuperhighwaytoshowinvividdetailhowyouthfulamateurs,hippiesandself-proclaimed"nerds"accidentallychangedtheworld.Thethree-hourprogramchroniclesthebirthandgrowthofSiliconValley'spersonalcomputerindustry. HostedbyBobCringely,alongtimeindustryobserver,thestoryunfoldsthroughBayAreagarages,industrialparksandconveniencestorestoexaminethequirky,relentlessandprofitableadventuresoftheunlikely20th-centurypioneerswhocreatedthemiracleproductsthatrevolutionizedtheworld. TriumphoftheNerdsfeaturesinterviewswithsomeoftheindustry'smostrecognizablecharacters,includingMicrosoft'sBillGatesandPaulAllen,andApplefounderSteveJobs.Forthefirsttime,televisiontacklesthehistoryofthisnewindustrywithattentiontotheculturefromwhichitsprangaswellastheculturethatitcreated. Cringely'sbook,AccidentalEmpires:HowtheBoysofSiliconValleyMakeTheirMillions,BattleForeignCompetition,andStillCan'tGetaDate,wasanationalbest-seller.Havingwrittenwhimsicalcommentaryforanindustrytradepublication,Cringelybringstartandinsightfulobservationstotheprogram. Dividedintothreediscreteone-hourunits,TRIUMPHOFTHENERDSisenhancedbycomicbookgraphics,extensiveresearchandCringely'sself-deprecatinghumor.ExploringtheriseofApple,Microsoftandothercompanies,theprogramexaminestheintra-industrycompetitionandthedisplacementofcorporategiantslikeIBM.Designedforviewingbyyoungsterswhocan'timagineaworldwithoutlaptops,theirstrugglingparents,theexperts,thewannabes,theconfusedandtheunenlightened,TRIUMPHOFTHENERDSputscyberspaceinasocialandhistoricalcontext.…