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The Making of Microsoft
Daniel Ichbiah and Susan L. Knepper
I haven't read this book, but it's supposed to be a good sourcebook on
early Microsoft history.
Rockland, Claif.: Prima, 1991.
West of Eden - The End of Innocence at Apple Computer
Frank Rose
Covers the transitional period of Apple, from just before the arrival of
Sculley to just after the departure of Jobs. More journalistic, and not as
well researched. Poorly structured. But fun reading. Viking (Penguin Group).
1989. ISBN 0-670-81278-1.
Accidental Empires - How the Boys of Silicon Valley Make their
Millions, Battle Foreign Competition, and Still can't get a Date
Robert X. Cringely
Cringely is a pseudonym protecting the identity of the writer of the "Note
from the field" column in InfoWorld. Among other things, he is a "former
Stanford professor" The book consists of 15 chapters on different topics on
which Cringely opinionates. In contrast with most other books on the computer
industry and history thereof, the author is a very intelligent person and has
many worthwhile comments of his own. Not a historic document. Fun reading.
Addison-Wesley, 1991, ISBN 0-201-57032-7.
The Ultimate Entrepenur - The Story of Ken Olsen and Digital Equipment
Corporation
Glenn Rifkin and George Harrar
History of DEC, the company that sold the computers that the PC revolution
hackers learned to program on. Also the company that entered the PC field with
three machines at the same time, all incompatible with each other (!). Well
researched and interesting. Prima Publishing, 1988. ISBN 1-55958-022-4
Steve Jobs & the NeXT Big Thing
Randall E. Stross
A historic account of the rise and fall of NeXT as a hardware company.
The author has a PhD in history, so the book is a serious effort to document
this period. It comes out very, very nasty against Jobs, portraying him as
extremely charismatic but completely incompetent as a manager and a liar.
Atheneum, New York 1993. ISBN 0-689-12135-0.
Computer Wars - How The West can Win in a Post-IBM World
Charles H. Fergusson & Charles R. Morris
The first half of the book is an interesting account of portions of IBM's
history. The rest of the book is garbage, managerial mumbo-jumbo and
annoyingly repetitive. Times Books, 1993. ISB 0-8129-2156-9.
Game Over - How Nintendo Conquered the World
David Sheff
A very entertaining story of the rise of Nintendo, from being a company
that made playing cards a century ago to becoming the worlds most profitable
company (in 1992 Nintendo grossed more after taxes than Apple, IBM, and
Microsoft combined). New York: Random House, 1993. ISBN 0-679-73622-0.
The Soul of a New Machine
Tracy Kidder
A classic. Describes how Data General developed its first 32-bit
architecture. Kidder joined the development team at the outset and the book is
very much based on his own notes and observations. A must read. Boston:
Little, Brown, 1981.
Fumbling the Future: How Xerox Invented, Then Ignored the First
Personal Computer
Douglas K. Smith and Robert C. Alexander
Another book I haven't read, but is supposed to be interesting.
Title sort of summarizes what it's about. New York: William Morrow, 1988.
The Computerless Computer Company
Andrew S. Rapparport and Shmuel Halevi, Harvard Business Review,
July-August 1991 (pp 69-80)
An excellent article underlining the strategic importance of software and
architecture control for long-term profitability.
