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For those that don't know "Soul of a New Machine" is a book by Tracey Kidder. Its about the team at Data General building a new computer. I was skeptical abou
by acomjean 7y ago
For those that don't know "Soul of a New Machine" is a book by Tracey Kidder. Its about the team at Data General building a new computer. I was skeptical about this book, but its really quite a good read. (My mom worked at Data General, which is how I ended up with the book)
The book won a Pulitzer prize for non-fiction.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Soul_of_a_New_Machine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Soul_of_a_New_Machine
- qntmfred 7y agoBoth my parents also worked at Data General, and my dad was there all the way through the EMC acquisition. Love that book.
- sowbug 7y agoIf you like this book, then you'll also like Reminiscences of a Stock Operator, which is a fictionalized account of an occasionally successful stock trader named Jesse Lauriston Livermore who was born in 1877. It doesn't sound captivating, but it is. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reminiscences_of_a_Stock_Operator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reminiscences_of_a_Stock_Opera...