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Ah, wasn't expecting a 500+ page pdf. All the words in the title trigger to think about presentations... Actually I like the idea of full stories about the his

by jerrre 9y ago

Ah, wasn't expecting a 500+ page pdf. All the words in the title trigger to think about presentations... Actually I like the idea of full stories about the history of specific software. (Obviously haven't read this one just now, so can't say whether it's any good). Does anyone know of other books (physical prints would be preferable to me) in this genre? Masters of Doom comes to mind, but it's a bit too much about the personal story maybe. Edit: I see it's also available in print on Amazon

megaman22 9y ago
Stay Awhile and Listen is an interesting one on the development of Diablo https://www.amazon.com/Stay-Awhile-Listen-Legendary-Video-Game-ebook/dp/B00G8UL474 https://www.amazon.com/Stay-Awhile-Listen-Legendary-Video-Ga...
stuxnet79 9y ago
I'm just reading Masters of Doom right now. It's absolutely fantastic!
pjmorris 9y ago
Show Stopper!: The Breakneck Race to Create Windows NT and the Next Generation at Microsoft' - G. Pascal Zachary
jasim 9y ago
FoxTales: Behind the Scenes at Fox Software by Kerry Nietz. It is about the development of FoxPro, the late 80s massively successful xBase clone that was acquired by Microsoft. Programmers At Work by Susan Lammers is a series of interviews with programmers (Charles Simonoyi, Gary Kildall, Bill Gates, Daniel Ratliff and so on), in the 80s when Microsoft had just 160 employees, "multimedia" was a buzzword, and Bill Gates was trying to understand how CD-ROMs would change everything. The programmers talk about how they built their favorite software, and there are certain philosophical nuggets about computing that is unsullied by the complexity and sophistication that the field acquired later. Coders At Work by Peter Seibel, written in the vein of Lammer's original work. This time it speaks to a different set of programmers including Joe Armstrong, Ken Thompson and other stalwarts.

by jerrre 9y ago

megaman22 9y ago

Stay Awhile and Listen is an interesting one on the development of Diablo https://www.amazon.com/Stay-Awhile-Listen-Legendary-Video-Game-ebook/dp/B00G8UL474 https://www.amazon.com/Stay-Awhile-Listen-Legendary-Video-Ga...

stuxnet79 9y ago

I'm just reading Masters of Doom right now. It's absolutely fantastic!

pjmorris 9y ago

Show Stopper!: The Breakneck Race to Create Windows NT and the Next Generation at Microsoft' - G. Pascal Zachary

jasim 9y ago

FoxTales: Behind the Scenes at Fox Software by Kerry Nietz. It is about the development of FoxPro, the late 80s massively successful xBase clone that was acquired by Microsoft. Programmers At Work by Susan Lammers is a series of interviews with programmers (Charles Simonoyi, Gary Kildall, Bill Gates, Daniel Ratliff and so on), in the 80s when Microsoft had just 160 employees, "multimedia" was a buzzword, and Bill Gates was trying to understand how CD-ROMs would change everything. The programmers talk about how they built their favorite software, and there are certain philosophical nuggets about computing that is unsullied by the complexity and sophistication that the field acquired later. Coders At Work by Peter Seibel, written in the vein of Lammer's original work. This time it speaks to a different set of programmers including Joe Armstrong, Ken Thompson and other stalwarts.