Dealers of Lightning View By Michael A. Hiltzik
| Title | : | Dealers of Lightning |
| Author | : | Michael A. Hiltzik |
| Format | : | Paperback |
| Page | : | 480 pages |
| ISBN | : | 0887309895 |
The Barnes Noble Review March 1999 While Gates, Jobs, and the other big boys of Silicon Valley are basking in the glory of the information age, renowned Los Angeles Times reporter Michael Hiltzik reveals how, back in the early 70s, a group of inventors at Xerox s Palo Alto Research Center PARC blazed the trail for all of today s indispensable technology from the P The Barnes Noble Review March 1999 While Gates, Jobs, and the other big boys of Silicon Valley are basking in the glory of the information age, renowned Los Angeles Times reporter Michael Hiltzik reveals how, back in the early 70s, a group of inventors at Xerox s Palo Alto Research Center PARC blazed the trail for all of today s indispensable technology from the PC to email to ATMs to meteorologists weather maps And they did it without fanfare or recognition from their employer Hiltzik s Dealers of Lightning provides a fascinating look at technohistory that sets the record straight
In Dealers of Lightning, Hiltzik describes the forces and faces behind the revolution that the Xerox PARC team single handedly spawned The Xerox PARC group was composed solely of top technical minds The decision was made at Xerox headquarters to give the team complete freedom from deadlines and directives, in hopes of fostering a true creative environment It worked perhaps too well The team responded with a steady output of amazing technology, including the first version of the Internet, the first personal computer, user friendly word processing programs, and pop up menus Xerox, far from ready for the explosion of innovation, failed to utilize the technology dreamed up by the group Out of all the dazzling inventions born at Xerox PARC, only a handful were developed and marketed by Xerox However, one of these inventions, the laser printer, proved successful enough to earn billions for the company, therefore justifying its investment in the research center Most oftheteam s creations would go on to be developed and perfected by other companies, such as IBM, Apple, and Microsoft
Drawing from interviews with the engineers, executives, and scientists involved in the Xerox PARC, Dealers of Lightning chronicles an amazing era of egos, ideas, and inventions at the dawn of the computer age.
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The Barnes Noble Review March 1999 While Gates, Jobs, and the other big boys of Silicon Valley are basking in the glory of the information age,
480 pagesMichael A. Hiltzik
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