Ask HN: What are some good ebooks about the history of the computer industry?

2 points by ipaddr 5y ago ↗ HN

I recently came across the story of WordPerfect because of a comment on hw (http://www.wordplace.com/ap/) and I found the CEO story to be so interesting because it covers running a business by programmers in the pre/post-windows era of history.

I'm trying to find other books about the history of the computer industry from an insiders prespective.

Can anyone recommend anything similiar?

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auslegung 5y ago ↗

I’ve only read two and I enjoyed them both.

- Steve Wozniak’s autobiography

- Walter Isaacson’s The Innovators

__d 5y ago ↗

Fire in the Valley, Freiberger and Swaine.

Soul of a New Machine, Tracey Kidder.

Dealers in Lightning, Michael Hiltzik.

yesenadam 5y ago ↗

This seems close to a dupe of

Ask HN: Books on the inside stories of big tech?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27520526

from 2 days ago.

jschveibinz 5y ago ↗

“The Idea Factory” is the story of Bell Labs and the development of the transistor which led to Silicon Valley.