"...an unusual number of people engaged in the business of making software...[would] really like to make a movie..."
Oh, oh! You've got me.
The explanation he gives is something that I realized on my first year in college. Very few people got that, but software is an art form. Yes, I've been told during parties in college that I was too drunk and I should go home.
I had a meeting with Hillel last Friday, and I don't recall telling him that, but I have videos that I produced that go back to 1986. Me and my friend Suzana Canuto (which is also a software engineer and left MSFT last year) wrote a feature screenplay. I also wrote two shorts, produced a couple of 1 minute videos, and, to this day, I continue to do quite a bit of editing, mostly to compile DVDs of my son's growth.
I've met a few engineers that were into art, from music to painting to movie making and quite a few writers (novel/romance).
One thing that I love about the software business is the instant reward. If you build a neat device, how long does it take to get to your customers hands? If you paint a beautiful landscape, how many copies can you produce and how many people will be able to see it*? Software is different. Since the early days, you could distribute your software through BBS, and then the Internet.
Not only that, but software, IMHO, is one of the best art forms there is because it is interactive. It changes, it expands, it evolves.
*PS: ImageKind has made the process of distributing art 100 times more efficient.
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January, 2008