Ted Lewis delivers a first-hand account of the changing computer industry, a story of Microsoft and the Silicon Valley. Lewis maps the history of computing from 1990 to 2000, a tale of greed and emotion in the fastest growing, mainline industry of the world. In this compilation of columns from Computer, IEEE Internet Computing, and Scientific American, Lewis tries to predict and explain the chaos of Silicon Valley.
This book reports the author's personal history through the early 1990's to the end of the decade. These stories often try to predict or explain the chaos of Silicon Valley. Lewis analyzes the high-technology industry and its constant change amid turmoil and upheaval. He also examines the art of software development and deals with innovation and the emergence of a techno-society. The book does not promise any answers, but rather concludes this short journey into the recent past with a number of provoking ideas about the future of hi-tech.Preface.
PART 1: The Valley of the Kings: Inside the Computer Industry.
Chapter 1: Reversals of Fortune (EIC Message, Computer, August 1994).
Chapter 2: The Tombs of Tech (EIC Message, Computer, November 1994).
Chapter 3: Operating System Roulette (Binary Critic, Computer, February 1995).
Chapter 4: Silly Valley (Binary Critic, Computer, June 1995).
Chapter 5: A Monopoly Is Born (Binary Critic, Computer, August 1995).
Chapter 6: Ellison's Folly (Binary Critic, Computer, February 1996).
Chapter 7: How Hits Happen (Binary Critic, Computer, July 1997).
Chapter 8: The Techno Treadmill (Wired Wired World, IEEE Internet Computing, September--October 1997).
Chapter 9: The Rise of Strategy (Binary Critic, Computer, September 1997).
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