Fire in the Valley: The Making of the Personal Computer"This updated edition features interviews with the major players, new chapters, dozens of new photos, and updates throughout that carry the story forward into the Internet era. The authors convey the exciting development of companies such as Apple, Microsoft, Sun, Netscape, Lotus, and Oracle."--BOOK JACKET. |
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... IBM was going to build a personal computer . Gates looked at the design and questioned the IBM people across the table . It bothered him that the plans ... IBM's plans . When it came to the operating system , though , 332 THE GATE COMES DOWN.
... IBM was going to build a personal computer . Gates looked at the design and questioned the IBM people across the table . It bothered him that the plans ... IBM's plans . When it came to the operating system , though , 332 THE GATE COMES DOWN.
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... IBM vice pres- ident , and an owner of an Apple II , told Gates that when John Opel , IBM's new chairperson , heard that Microsoft might be involved in the effort he said , " Oh , is that Mary Gates's boy's company ? " Opel had served ...
... IBM vice pres- ident , and an owner of an Apple II , told Gates that when John Opel , IBM's new chairperson , heard that Microsoft might be involved in the effort he said , " Oh , is that Mary Gates's boy's company ? " Opel had served ...
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... IBM'S ENTRY INTO Wthe market , IBM's own a the market , IBM's own fortunes followed a strange path . When IBM released its Personal Computer , very little about the machine was proprietary . IBM had embraced the Woz Principle of open ...
... IBM'S ENTRY INTO Wthe market , IBM's own a the market , IBM's own fortunes followed a strange path . When IBM released its Personal Computer , very little about the machine was proprietary . IBM had embraced the Woz Principle of open ...
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Fire in the Valley: The Making of the Personal Computer Paul Freiberger,Michael Swaine No preview available - 2000 |
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