Showstopper! the Breakneck Race to Create Windows NT and the Next Generation at Microsoft
Description
A fast-paced account of the ambitious effort to build Windows NT, the operating system that would redefine Microsoft’s technological future. Drawing on interviews and extensive reporting, the book follows the engineers, executives, and rival personalities whose competing visions and relentless pressure shaped the project. It offers an incisive look at innovation, corporate culture, leadership, and the human cost of working at breakneck speed. Both a technology history and a portrait of Microsoft at a pivotal moment, the narrative brings the drama of software development vividly to life.
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Published Jan 1, 2009
338 pages
ISBN: 9780759285781
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First Published
1994
Language
eng
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