Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age
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| Rating | : | 4.41 (757 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0029PBVCA |
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| Number of Pages | : | 474 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-06-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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Recommended. --Rob McDonald. Occupying a ramshackle building adjacent to Stanford University, PARC's occupants would prove to be the greatest gathering of computer talent ever assembled: it conceptualized the very notion of the desktop computer, long before IBM launched its PC, and it laid the foundation for Microsoft Windows with a prototype graphical user interface of icons and layered screens. Throughout the '70s and '80s, Xerox Corporation provided unlimited funding to a renegade think tank called the Palo Alto Research Center (PARC). Even the technology that makes it possible for these words to appear on the screen can trace its roots to Xerox's eccentric band of innovators. Hiltzik's c
In the 1970s and '80s, Xerox Corporation brought together a brain-trust of engineering geniuses, a group of computer eccentrics dubbed PARC. Dealers of Lightning offers an unprecedented look at the ideas, the inventions, and the individuals that propelled Xerox PARC to the frontier of technohistoiy--and the corporate machinations that almost prevented it from achieving greatness.. In the bestselling tradition of The Soul of a New Machine, Dealers of Lightning is a fascinating journey of intellectual creation. This brilliant group created several monumental innovations that triggered a technological revolution, including the first personal computer,
A gripping tale about historic computing research. If you read only one book about research management, researchers, or computing research this year, this is the one to read.Dealers of Lightning is the story of the seminal first 13 years of Xerox's famed Palo Alto Research Center, a period in which PARC developed laser printers, the ethernet, internets, networked perso. Best of the breed ehall I've read almost all of the so-called business books about the hi-tech phenomenon, and this one sets a new standard for comprehensiveness and readability. The amount of detail is incredible, while the flow of the writing style is easy and smooth, making it an extremely entertaining and educational read.Most books in th. Good History Lesson and Case Study J. Dangelo I, like another reviewer, came across this book because it was mentioned in the New New Thing. I picked up and read the book because I've long been interested in Xerox PARC, and how it came to be. I was rewarded with an interesting, and seemingly thorough story about the people, motivations, and resources that came tog