The Silicon Valley Revolution - How a Few Nerds did Change the World

Todays’ Silicon Valley is the home for multi-million dollar IT companies. In the beginning, however, it was unsophisticated, colourful, chaotic, and revolutionary. Hippies and amateur entrepreneurs initiated an unprecedented revolution: the pioneers of the PC wanted to change the world in an attempt to dethrone the “Big Brother”. They wanted PCs for everybody instead of big computers for the powerful. In a series of exclusive interviews the pioneers of the PC revolution tell their stories.

The dream of personal computers slowly turns into Big Business. The dream of a few leftist visionaries took over the world in the 1980s: the now legendary Macintosh goes on sale, Bill Gates creates the foundation for his economic imperium, the world wide web connects billions of people all over the world, Google is founded. But what happened to the ideals of the former pioneers who prompted the entire industry? The nerds and former hippies have mixed feelings about the developments.