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Not just a software project. More of hardware. But a good read, IMO: The Soul of A New Machine by Tracy Kidder. About the race to build a new minicomputer,
by vram22 11y ago
Not just a software
project. More of hardware. But a good read, IMO:
The Soul of A New Machine
by Tracy Kidder.
About the race to build a new minicomputer, by a team at Data General.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Soul_of_a_New_Machine https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Soul_of_a_New_Machine
Prize winning book.
- hitekker 11y agoThis is actually my favorite engineering book of all time. Excellent to bring up!
- vram22 11y agoCool. My favorite part of the book is this: [ Many of the engineers state that, "They don't work for the money", meaning they work for the challenge of inventing and creating. The motivational system is akin to the game of pinball, the analogy being that if you win this round, you get to play the game again; that is, build the next generation of computers. ]