Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999 TV Movie)
Josh Hopkins: Paul Allen
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Quotes
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Tim Patterson : Why do you want to buy my operating system?
Paul Allen : We think we might be able to, uh, mess with it, and, uh, resell it.
Tim Patterson : Who to?
Paul Allen : We've got some people we're sorta talkin' to. Some of 'em don't really want it known what we're doin' with 'em and they made us sign a secrecy agreement.
Tim Patterson : And you're offering us...?
Paul Allen : Fifty thousand.
Tim Patterson : Dollars?
Paul Allen : Dollars.
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Bill Gates : Think they're hookers?
Paul Allen : Either that or motel inspectors. I saw one of them go into the room next to ours about a dozen times yesterday.
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Paul Allen : Bill, why did you tell them we had an operating system? We don't have a thing to sell them now, you know? We're dead!
Bill Gates : We're not dead, you're going to give us that miracle, right, Paul?
Paul Allen : Huh? Oh yeah, right...
Bill Gates : Come on, I thought you said you knew a guy we could buy an operating system from!
Paul Allen : I said I "sort of" know one.
Bill Gates : Sort of? Don't tell me "sort of"! I just told IBM!
Paul Allen : Sort of...