- Gebundene Ausgabe: 312 Seiten
- Verlag: Free Press (1. Juni 1994)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0029356717
- ISBN-13: 978-0029356715
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 24,3 x 16,3 x 2,8 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 4.2 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (12 Kundenrezensionen)
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Nr. 90.644 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
- Nr. 93 in Englische Bücher > Computer & Internet > Betriebssysteme > Betriebssysteme
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Showstopper! is a vivid account of the creation of Microsoft Windows NT, perhaps the most complex software project ever undertaken. It is also a portrait of David Cutler, NT's brilliant and, at times, brutally aggressive chief architect.
Cutler surely ranks as one of the most impressive software engineers the field has ever produced. After leading the team that created the VMS operating system for Digital's VAX computer line--an accomplishment that most would regard as a lifetime achievement--he went on to conceive and lead the grueling multi-year project that ultimately produced Windows NT. Both admired and feared by his team, Cutler would let nothing stand in the way of realizing his design and often clashed with his programmers, senior Microsoft management, and even Gates himself. Yet no matter how involved he became in managing his 100-programmer team, he continued to immerse himself in every technical detail of the project and write critical portions of the code himself.
Showstopper! is also a fascinating look at programmer and managerial culture behind the Microsoft facade. The portraits of the men and women who created NT not only reveal the brilliance of their work but the crushing stress and the dislocating effects that new wealth had on their lives. For some team members, the NT project ultimately destroyed their marriages, friendships, and virtually every human relationship outside of work. Showstopper! also reveals the uncertainties, false starts, and blind alleys that dogged the project as Microsoft repositioned NT from an improved OS/2 to something that would ultimately challenge both OS/2 and Unix for the title of the world's most powerful operating system.
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Wall Street Journal reporter Zachary has produced a well-written saga of the makings of a high-tech product. The characters in the story all seem as if they've jumped from the pages of a Hollywood script, including wacky workaholics but mostly millionaires, all of whom delight only in computer challenges, not everyday life. Yet somehow the tale of Microsoft's drive to bring Windows NT to market, at a $150-million and 250-employee cost, seems to be missing the passion of some other recent accounts of newly minted business successes. Maybe it's the subject matter; the beginnings of a new operating system claiming to herald the information highway are perhaps too far removed from most Americans' lives. Or maybe it's the fact that silicon valleys, whether in San Jose or Seattle, Boston or DuPage County, have lost their dazzle and allure. Still, it's a good read, for Zachary has done his homework well. Barbara Jacobs
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Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
This book has given me such a wonderful reading time. I love each unique character in th book. How they managed to get together and create a great Operating System. The team leader, Cutler, is a strong character and he is the glue to bind the NT development team together. If you read this book, you wouldn't be disappoint!
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I found the book boring. I can't see how anyone that is not in the business of developing software could find it interesting. However I am in the business of developing software and I still thought that it was boring.
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This book is a brilliant picture of the true Microsoft; hot, dedicated, goal-oriented, clever, and 21st century. Showstopper is one of the best journalistic works of the cyber-industry. I literally give this book as gifts to friends and associates so they can understand the mind of a computer professional. P. Zachary is one of the few bright stars in the computer industry who can explain in simple terms the truth about intellectuals who live in a world called cyber-space. Read this book if you read no other book in the year 2000. I know this book is accurate, I loved every minute I worked in the environment called P. Zacary calls Microsoft. Read this book about Windows NT and learn why Microsoft will number one for years to come.
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MS hinter den Kulissen - Vor wem hat Bill Gates Angst?
Dieses Buch schildert einmalig und unvergleichbar nicht alleine "wie ein Betriebssystem entsteht" - es schildert viel mehr die Arbeits- und Vorgehensweise von Microsoft. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 11. November 2004 von M. Hengstmann
Verschwendete Zeit
Das Lesen dieses Buches ist die Zeit nicht wert, die man dazu benoetigt. Simple Stereotypen, garniert mit ein paar persoenlichen Geschichtchen machen noch kein gutes Buch. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 6. Juli 1999 veröffentlicht
"geniales" Buch über die SW-Entwicklung
beschreibt die Entwicklung eines grossen SW-Projektes, mit allen Tücken, Fallen, ... und vor allem den "verrückten" Entwicklern
Am 24. März 1999 veröffentlicht
Enjoyable reading for NT administrators and developers alike
This book presents an entertaining account of how the first version of Windows NT was developed. It tells the "story of NT," how it was created and the personalities of... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 15. März 1999 veröffentlicht
A must for every programmer !!
It's a briliant read. The Author portrays a very vivid picture of the programmer and his life through a software project, the peer pressure, the deadlines, the compromises and... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 14. September 1998 veröffentlicht
Well worth reading
If you go into this book with the right expectations, you will find it a real page turner, despite what some people say. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 1. Februar 1998 von ar@vt.edu
Little useful software development/project management info
This book is well written but a terrible disappointment. I bought it hoping to gain some insight into the cause and magnitudes of the problems that occurred during Windows NT 3. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 6. Dezember 1997 veröffentlicht
Great background for MS networking standard-bearer!
I found this book to be:
1. A good read. This is oftentimes not a quality on books dealing with computers. Lesen Sie weiter...
1. A good read. This is oftentimes not a quality on books dealing with computers. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 5. Februar 1997 veröffentlicht
Behind the scenes
Just about everybody uses Microsoft software, but how does it
get written? This book tells all. The entire process of creating
Windows NT is reviewed in this work. Lesen Sie weiter...
get written? This book tells all. The entire process of creating
Windows NT is reviewed in this work. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 4. August 1996 veröffentlicht
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