Programmers At Work: Bill Gates (1986)

Re:Programmers At Work: Bill Gates (1986) by jmcdowell on Wednesday February 05, 2014 @09:09PM (#7188293)

Would you know/recommend any books from the early Microsoft era? I enjoyed Masters of Doom and would love to know if there is anything which goes into that much detail of the early days of Microsoft, actually any company would be interesting.

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Re:Programmers At Work: Bill Gates (1986) by pjmorris on Wednesday February 05, 2014 @09:25PM (#7188345)

Three I'm familiar with, all recommended:

'Gates', Stephen Manes [1]

'Show Stopper!: The Breakneck Race to Create Windows NT and the Next Generation at Microsoft', G.P. Zachary [2]

'Microsoft in the Mirror', Karin Carter [3]

But I agree with the parent that 'Programmers At Work' is a great book.

[1] http://www.amazon.com/Gates-Microsofts-Reinvented-Industry-H...

[2] http://www.amazon.com/Show-Stopper-Breakneck-Generation-Micr...

[3] http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Mirror-Nineteen-Insiders-Exp...

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Re:Programmers At Work: Bill Gates (1986) by jmcdowell on Wednesday February 05, 2014 @09:51PM (#7188428)

Thank you very much, I'll have a look at those 3. Completely agree about the parent book, it does seem very interesting. Although potentially only available in the UK as an import.

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Re:Programmers At Work: Bill Gates (1986) by kyberias on Thursday February 06, 2014 @01:18PM (#7191935)

I couldn't recommend "Show Stopper!" enough. Wonderful book!

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