Description
This incisive collection of essays examines how programmers and software creators are reshaping technology, culture, work, and everyday life. Drawing on history, economics, design, and personal experience, it explores the motivations of hackers and the forces behind open source, programming-language innovation, Internet startups, and digital creativity. The book also considers broader questions about wealth, status, education, free speech, and the role of beauty and craftsmanship in software. Written in clear, provocative prose, it offers a thoughtful guide to the ideas driving the computer age.
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paperback
O'Reilly
Published Jan 1, 2004
258 pages
ISBN: 9780596006624
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First Published
2004
Language
eng
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