Nerds 2.0.1

Nerds 2.0.1
Genre	Documentary
Written by	Robert X. Cringely, John Gau, and Stephen Segaller
Directed by	Stephen Segaller
Narrated by	Robert X. Cringely
Theme music composer	Michael Bard
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producers	Robert X. Cringely, John Gau, and Stephen Segaller
Cinematography	Greg Bond, Wendy Revak, Brett Wood
Editor	Bruce Barrow
Running time	150 minutes
Production company	John Gau Productions for Oregon Public Broadcasting
Original release
Network	Channel 4/PBS
Release	September 19-October 3, 1998 (Channel 4)November 25, 1998 (PBS)

Nerds 2.0.1: A Brief History of the Internet - a.k.a. Glory of the Geeks - is a 1998 American PBS television documentary that explores the development of the Arpanet, the Internet, and the World Wide Web in from 1969 to 1998. It was created during the dot-com boom of the late 1990s. The documentary was hosted and co-written by Robert X. Cringely (Mark Stephens), and is the sequel to the 1996 documentary, Triumph of the Nerds. It was first broadcast as Glory of the Geeks in three weekly episodes between September 19 and October 3, 1998 on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom, and as Nerds 2.0.1 on consecutive days between November 25, 1998 by PBS in the United States.

Episodes

As broadcast by Channel 4/PBS:

• Networking the Nerds (September 19, 1998/November 25, 1998)
• Serving the Suits (September 26, 1998/November 25, 1998)
• Wiring the World (October 3, 1998/November 25, 1998)

Partial cast

• Marc Andreessen
• Steve Ballmer
• Paul Baran
• Andy Bechtolsheim
• Tim Berners-Lee
• Len Bosack
• Stewart Brand
• Vannevar Bush
• Steve Case
• Vint Cerf
• Steve Crocker
• Will Crowther
• John Doerr
• Larry Ellison
• Doug Engelbart
• Bill Gates
• James Gosling
• Steve Jobs
• Bill Joy
• Bob Kahn
• Vinod Khosla
• Len Kleinrock
• Sandy Lerner
• J.C.R. Licklider
• Drew Major
• John McAfee
• Scott McNealy
• Bob Metcalfe
• Ted Nelson
• Ray Noorda
• Severo Ornstein
• Jonathan Postel
• Howard Rheingold
• Larry Roberts
• Eric Schmidt
• Jon Shirley
• Ivan Sutherland
• Bob Taylor
• Larry Tesler
• Ray Tomlinson
• Don Valentine

Further reading

• Schillinger, Liesel. "The Double Life of Robert X. Cringely." Wired (magazine), December 1998.
• Sisario, Ben. "SIGNOFF; For These Nerds, It's Beans to Billions." New York Times, November 22, 1998.

External links

• Nerds 2.0.1 at IMDb
• Nerds 2.0.1 - A Brief History of the Internet - Part 1 (1998)
• Nerds 2.0.1 - A Brief History of the Internet - Part 2 (1998)
• Nerds 2.0.1 - A Brief History of the Internet - Part 3 (1998)