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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Page 71
... Pertec sale led to acrid fighting over ownership of the software . Gates and Allen had no intention of handing their BASIC over to Pertec . They had written the core of the BASIC before even meeting anyone from MITS , and , unlike Allen ...
... Pertec sale led to acrid fighting over ownership of the software . Gates and Allen had no intention of handing their BASIC over to Pertec . They had written the core of the BASIC before even meeting anyone from MITS , and , unlike Allen ...
Page 72
... Pertec management teams . The standard line on them was that they were " two - bit managers in three - piece suits . " The epithet was used so frequently it was shortened to simply " the suits . " Pertec managed MITS as if it were a big ...
... Pertec management teams . The standard line on them was that they were " two - bit managers in three - piece suits . " The epithet was used so frequently it was shortened to simply " the suits . " Pertec managed MITS as if it were a big ...
Page 73
... Pertec to work for a local electronics company . Even Ed Roberts , after five months , became fed up with Pertec . " They told me I didn't understand the market . I don't think they understood it . " Roberts bought a farm in Georgia ...
... Pertec to work for a local electronics company . Even Ed Roberts , after five months , became fed up with Pertec . " They told me I didn't understand the market . I don't think they understood it . " Roberts bought a farm in Georgia ...
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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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