The computer revolution brought with it new methods of getting
work done--just look at today''s news for reports of hard-driven,
highly-motivated young software and online commerce developers who
sacrifice evenings and weekends to meet impossible deadlines. Tracy
Kidder got a preview of this world in the late 1970s when he
observed the engineers of Data General design and build a new
32-bit minicomputer in just one year. His thoughtful, prescient
book, The Soul of a New Machine, tells stor
內容簡介:
Computers have changed since 1981, when Tracy Kidder
memorably recorded the drama, comedy, and excitement of one
companys efforts to bring a new microcomputer to market. What has
not changed is the feverish pace of the high-tech industry, the
go-for-broke approach to business that has caused so many computer
companies to win big or go belly up, and the cult of pursuing
mind-bending technological innovations. The Soul of a New Machine
is an essential chapter in the history of the machine that
revolutionized the world in the twentieth century.