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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 338.470040979473
EAN: 9780887308550
ISBN: 0887308554
Label: Collins Business
Manufacturer: Collins Business
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: October 23, 1996
Publisher: Collins Business
Release Date: September 13, 1996
Sales Rank: 100040
Studio: Collins Business
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Rating:  - Boys will be Boys!
Accidental Empires (later made into a great TV production called: Triumph of the Nerds) is an eye opening view of the personal computer revolution and the who made it happen from an inside writer who knew the individuals.
Robert Cringley does an exceptionally thorough job of providing a bird's eye view of the personalities, motivations, business environment and savvy of the nerds who changed the world.
I thoroughly enjoyed reading the entire book. One of the parts ... Read More
Rating: - Real Genius Writes in Three Mental Dimensions
If you are as fortunate as me, you will be able to read ACCIDENTAL EMPIRES and, at that time, realize that Mr. Robert Cringeley has a profund writing style. Better than that craft of many suspense writers. Yet, this is all real. It's as real as it gets...Rather, as real as it had been. Cringely has an immaculate sense of pace and timing...he teleports you from the distant past to the nearly present, to the potential future. A non-fiction writer who can captivate my attention with that kind ... Read More
Rating: - Excellent !!! The history of computer business
If you wish to know and better understand the computer business this book is for you. If you wish to know and better understand the computer history this book is for you too.
It's an excellent book, easy to read with full details.
Only one expection, Robert Cringley didn't metion Amiga computer and it's importance.
I recommend this excellent book for all !
Rating:  - "Accidental Empires" is not exactly an appropriate title
Published in 1992, this book is a good retrospective on the rise of the microcomputer and the fortunes it helped generate. However, Cringely almost totally fails when he attempts to look into the future. Cringely writes a regular industry gossip column for "InfoWorld" and so is well connected with the inner workings of the IT industry. As you will be able to see from Cringely's writings, the choice of the title is only marginally correct.
It is true that Bill Gates, Steven Jobs and the others ... Read More
Rating: - A fun gossip column that captures the times
Robert Cringely's book captures the ethos of early and mid-90s Silicon Valley - when nerds were starting to change the world, but the masses didn't get it yet. He captures the gossip, makes bold predictions (Bill Gates won't get married while his Mom is still alive - doh!) and accurately relates the ethos of the era. At the time it was almost a call to arms. Now it still suffices for historical context.
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