Halt and Catch Fire: Gordon's IBM Sales Call
c102030 · 4 min · 2014 · YouTube title: Halt and Catch Fire - Sales Call [ "A16" Scene ]
Why it's here
HN commenters post it as a favorite scene about IBM's reputation and sales psychology.
What it covers
A scene from the TV drama Halt and Catch Fire in which Gordon Clark meets Joe MacMillan, who is posing as an IBM salesman, on a sales call. It includes the dialogue about IBM being the safe choice and a marketing guru telling an engineer when to stop talking.