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 35
... wanted immediate access to the files they created on a computer , even if they were off somewhere on a business trip . They wanted to play computer games at their leisure without someone telling them to get back to work . In short ...
... wanted immediate access to the files they created on a computer , even if they were off somewhere on a business trip . They wanted to play computer games at their leisure without someone telling them to get back to work . In short ...
Page 267
... wanted out , and submitted his formal resignation . Jobs accepted the resignation and bought him out for $ 500 . By the end of the summer , Wozniak had begun work on another computer . The Apple II would have several advantages over the ...
... wanted out , and submitted his formal resignation . Jobs accepted the resignation and bought him out for $ 500 . By the end of the summer , Wozniak had begun work on another computer . The Apple II would have several advantages over the ...
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... wanted his son to become a professor , wanted . For that matter , it wasn't terribly consistent with Kapor's own 1960s anticorpo- rate values . He reasoned that having his own company would allow him to do what he wanted , while putting ...
... wanted his son to become a professor , wanted . For that matter , it wasn't terribly consistent with Kapor's own 1960s anticorpo- rate values . He reasoned that having his own company would allow him to do what he wanted , while putting ...
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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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