Fire in the Valley: The Making of the Personal Computer“A book not to be missed, just plain good reading about the drama of the Kids next door turning their dreams into millions.” —The New York Times “Swaine and Freiberger capture the communal spirit of the early computer clubs, the brilliance and blundering of some of the first start-up companies, the assortment of naiveté, noble purpose and greed that characterized various pioneers, and the inevitable transformation of all this into a major industry. Must reading.” —Philip Lemmons, editor-in-chief, BYTE Magazine |
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Page 419
That was why AOL needed a browser and why it was interested in Netscape, and
it was why Microsoft was willing to undercut its own MSN in order to beat
Netscape. In 1995, Microsoft committed itself publicly to the Internet. What that
meant ...
That was why AOL needed a browser and why it was interested in Netscape, and
it was why Microsoft was willing to undercut its own MSN in order to beat
Netscape. In 1995, Microsoft committed itself publicly to the Internet. What that
meant ...
Page 420
Netscape was working with Sun on a simple language, unrelated to Java but
called JavaScript, that would let people add interactive features to Web pages
without the need to learn a full programming language like Java. All three
companies ...
Netscape was working with Sun on a simple language, unrelated to Java but
called JavaScript, that would let people add interactive features to Web pages
without the need to learn a full programming language like Java. All three
companies ...
Page 422
Netscape was thwarted, all right. The company was thrashing about, trying to
decide whether its future, if it had one, was in browsers, in other Web software, in
services, or in promoting its Web site as a source of advertising revenue. The fate
of ...
Netscape was thwarted, all right. The company was thrashing about, trying to
decide whether its future, if it had one, was in browsers, in other Web software, in
services, or in promoting its Web site as a source of advertising revenue. The fate
of ...
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Contents
The Voyage to Altair | 36 |
The Miracle Makers | 75 |
Homebrew | 109 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Fire in the Valley: The Making of the Personal Computer The updated classic |
| Authors | Paul Freiberger, Michael Swaine |
| Edition | 2, illustrated |
| Publisher | McGraw-Hill, 2000 |
| ISBN | 0071358927, 9780071358927 |
| Length | 463 pages |
| Subjects | › › Computers / Internet / General |
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