Dealers of Lightning: Xerox Parc and the Dawn of the Computer Age (Paperback)

from Lorune

If you are into computers as a professional, this is a book you can not afford to sit on the side.The pure amount of computer Science history captured in this book is just staggering.

from joeldinda

The overarching question is "Did Xerox let the PARC technologies escape?" And the answer is "Of course." Of course. Hiltzik argues--successfully, I think--that the question oversimplifies the reali...

from TeaTimeCoder

Fascinating story but told in a superficial manner. Mentions hundreds of names you will not remember a minute later and ignores all but simplest technical issues. I'm just not that interested in pe...

from cohenja

Great book, but a too many characters for me to keep track of.

from CarloA

A story of PARC, the famed Xerox Palo Alto Research Center , that follows both the business and the "people" aspect of the founding and evolution of the institution.It is written as a story of the ...