Nerds 2.0.1: A Brief History of the Internet: Amazon.de: Stephen Segaller: Englische Bücher

Taschenbuch: 432 Seiten
Verlag: TV Books,US; Auflage: illustrated edition (Oktober 1999)
Sprache: Englisch
ISBN-10: 1575000881
ISBN-13: 978-1575000886
Gr��e und/oder Gewicht: 22,4 x 15,2 x 2,3 cm

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Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 1.868.265 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)

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Nerds 2.0.1: A Brief History of the Internet presents the development of the Web as a product of colliding, dualistic forces: the individuality of the personal computer and the universality of a global network. Along the way, other complementary opposites arise, such as the intersection of the "computer lib" hippie hacker and the IBM or Pentagon bureaucrat. The biographies of these visionaries, and the magnificent changes their ideas induced, make Nerds 2.0.1 compelling reading.

Nerds 2.0.1 is a unique computer history book, in that it is really a history of networking. Author Stephen Segaller covers all the current heavy hitters of the technology industry in depth: Novell, 3Com, and Cisco. In particular, the story of the creation of Cisco--and the ousting of the original founders by the sponsoring venture capitalist--shows the high-level stakes and intrigue this billionaire world holds. Segaller also chronicles the failures of companies who didn't realise what their programmers had made available to them. IBM, Xerox, and, some would say, Microsoft are big players in this part of Segaller's tale.

The author puts technological developments in a helpful context: the infamous 100-hour Silicon Valley workweek, the "dog-year" life span of an Internet start-up, and the managerial shufflings of a sponsoring venture capitalist firm all make sense in the world he describes. --Jennifer Buckendorff, Amazon.com -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verf�gbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.

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Nerds 2.0.1 is a unique computer-history book, in that it is really a history of networking. Author Stephen Segaller covers all the current heavy hitters of the technology industry in depth: Novell, 3Com, and Cisco. In particular, the story of the creation of Cisco--and the ousting of the original founders by the sponsoring venture capitalist--shows the high-level stakes and intrigue this billionaire world holds. Segaller also chronicles the failures of companies who didn't realize what their programmers had made available to them. IBM, Xerox, and, some would say, Microsoft are big players in this part of Segaller's tale.

The author puts technological developments in a helpful context: the infamous 100-hour Silicon Valley workweek, the "dog-year" life span of an Internet start-up, and the managerial shufflings of a sponsoring venture capitalist firm all make sense in the world he describes. --Jennifer Buckendorff -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verf�gbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.

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Interesting in places but very tedious in others 7. Juli 1999

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This is a strange book, though the author collects some really neat information together. Thus, it is worth it to read. But I take issue with several things. First off, the authors makes such a big deal about early hackers being hippies and drug users. Since that is not substantiated elsewhere I have to wonder if Segaller really wanted this to be true and so he made it seem so. I mean he talks about it so much that one gets the idea he wants to be a hippie and a druggie. Really! Most of the nerdy computer types are just too happy to get high off C code rather than ecstasy or whatever!

Second, the book degenerates in about the last sixth into this hyper rush of adrenaline dealing with the web world since 1992, how fast it is, how quick it all changes, and how venture capitalists played such a role. Maybe that is all true, but the sheer love of computing seems really lost. It is like Segaller is writing an economic history and so it got boring for me. There was no sense of perspective. Sure, the world has sped up since the web became ubiquitous but it will undoutedly settle down again into something more staid and bureaucratic.

Once again, it is a worthwhile book to read, but please don't make it the only one you read on the subject of computer and Internet history!!!!

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Very good history of computing 10. Juni 1999

As noted in previous reviews, the book covers American computer/networking history moreso than the Internet proper. I found the origins of ARPA and the major companies to be fascinating. Certainly the author doesn't go into technical detail into protocols and such, no moreso than a WWII history book has to teach the subject of military strategy. The best thing about the book was the lighthearted style, that did a good job of showing these industry heavyweights as real people.

Not much history or story 4. Februar 1999

I generally enjoy computer history books because they usually are fun to read and (like any good history book) there is a lot learn. Both of these statements do not apply to Nerds 2.01. The author acknowledges his lack of technical knowledge early on and it hurts his ability to convey this story. Not only does he miss major events completely he glosses over the ones he does mention (TCP/IP maybe gets 1 page in total).

I had trouble coming back to this one and would defintely not recommend it.