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…
Building IBM: shaping an industry and its technology
Building IBM: shaping an industry and its technology
Building IBM: shaping an industry and its technology
Building IBM: shaping an industry and its technology
Building IBM: shaping an industry and its technology
No company of the twentieth century achieved greater success and engendered more admiration, respect, envy, fear, and hatred than IBM. Building IBM tells the story of that company, how it was formed, how it grew, and how it shaped and dominated the information processing industr…
Building IBM: shaping an industry and its technology
Building IBM: shaping an industry and its technology
No company of the twentieth century achieved greater success and engendered more admiration, respect, envy, fear, and hatred than IBM. Building IBM tells the story of that company, how it was formed, how it grew, and how it shaped and dominated the information processing industr…
Building IBM: shaping an industry and its technology
No company of the twentieth century achieved greater success and engendered more admiration, respect, envy, fear, and hatred than IBM. Building IBM tells the story of that company, how it was formed, how it grew, and how it shaped and dominated the information processing industr…
From the invention of the first personal computer to the rise of Apple as an industry giant, Woz treats readers to a rollicking, no-holds-barred account of his life-for once in the voice of the wizard himself.
Once upon a time, computers looked like big, alien vending machines. They had large screens, cryptic switches, huge boxes, and odd lights. But in 1975, a young engineering wizard named Steve Wozniak had an idea : What if you combined computer circuitry with a regular typewriter …
Once upon a time, computers looked like big, alien vending machines. They had large screens, cryptic switches, huge boxes, and odd lights. But in 1975, a young engineering wizard named Steve Wozniak had an idea: What if you combined computer circuitry with a regular typewriter k…