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Ask HN: What are some good ebooks about the history of the computer industry?
I recently came across the story of WordPerfect because of a comment on hw (http://www.wordplace.com/ap/) and I found the CEO story to be so interesting because it covers running a business by programmers in the pre/post-windows era of history.
I'm trying to find other books about the history of the computer industry from an insiders prespective.
Can anyone recommend anything similiar?
- auslegung 5y agoI’ve only read two and I enjoyed them both. - Steve Wozniak’s autobiography - Walter Isaacson’s The Innovators
- __d 5y agoFire in the Valley, Freiberger and Swaine. Soul of a New Machine, Tracey Kidder. Dealers in Lightning, Michael Hiltzik.
- yesenadam 5y agoThis seems close to a dupe of Ask HN: Books on the inside stories of big tech? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27520526 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27520526 from 2 days ago.
- jschveibinz 5y ago“The Idea Factory” is the story of Bell Labs and the development of the transistor which led to Silicon Valley.