Telling the 40 year story of the creation and demise of a pioneering company of the computer age, this book explains how a particular culture can become so embedded that the organization is unable to adapt to changing circumstances even though it sees the need very clearly.
Digital Equipment Corporation achieved sales of over $14 billion, reached the Fortune 50, and was second only to IBM as a computer manufacturer. Though responsible for the invention of speech recognition, the minicomputer, and local area networking, DEC ultimately failed as a bu…
Interfaces on trial 2.0
by Band, Jonathan, Katoh, Masanobu
fromInformation society series
Er ist das Erfolgsgeheimnis von Apple: Steve Jobs Er ist innovativ, charismatisch, eigensinnig ... aber was genau verbirgt sich hinter dem Erfolg von Steve Jobs? Jay Elliot wurde vor über 30 Jahren von Jobs persönlich als dessen rechte Hand eingestellt und war später stellvertre…
«À trente ans je me suis retrouvé sur le pavé. Viré avec perte et fracas. La raison d'être de ma vie n'existait plus. J'étais en miettes. Je ne m'en suis pas rendu compte tout de suite, mais mon départ forcé d'Apple fut salutaire...» Telle est la confession de Steve Jobs en ce m…
«À trente ans je me suis retrouvé sur le pavé. Viré avec perte et fracas. La raison d'être de ma vie n'existait plus. J'étais en miettes. Je ne m'en suis pas rendu compte tout de suite, mais mon départ forcé d'Apple fut salutaire...» Telle est la confession de Steve Jobs en ce m…
This book looks at how Xerox created the first personal computer in 1973 and then did absolutely nothing with it, because the management of Xerox only knew photocopiers and were not able to foresee the possibilities of the computer. By 1973, they had created a system they called…
"Behind the bitter rivalry between Apple and Google--and how it's reshaping the way we think about technology The rise of smartphones and tablets has altered the business of making computers. At the center of this change are Apple and Google, two companies whose philosophies, le…
"Behind the bitter rivalry between Apple and Google--and how it's reshaping the way we think about technology The rise of smartphones and tablets has altered the business of making computers. At the center of this change are Apple and Google, two companies whose philosophies, le…
Behind the bitter rivalry between Apple and Google--and how it's reshaping the way we think about technology The rise of smartphones and tablets has altered the business of making computers. At the center of this change are Apple and Google, two companies whose philosophies, lea…
Behind the bitter rivalry between Apple and Google--and how it's reshaping the way we think about technology The rise of smartphones and tablets has altered the business of making computers. At the center of this change are Apple and Google, two companies whose philosophies, lea…
This book documents the battle between Apple and Google, and the ways they have reshaped our world and redefined the distribution of technology and content. Beginning with the iPhone, Vogelstein traces the history of mobile communications over the past fifteen years, explores ho…
This book documents the battle between Apple and Google, and the ways they have reshaped our world and redefined the distribution of technology and content. Beginning with the iPhone, Vogelstein traces the history of mobile communications over the past fifteen years, explores ho…