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Accidental Empires
How the Boys of Silicon Valley Make Their Millions, Battle Foreign Competition, and Still Can't Get a Date
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| Condition | Good |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 9780140258264 |
| Publisher | Penguin |
| Published | 1996-01-01 |
| Genre | Business |
Description
This work looks at the business of computing in the US, as computer science, as a business, and as a collection of extraordinary and eccentric characters. After automobiles, energy production, and illegal drugs, personal computers are one of the largest manufacturing industries in the world, and one of the great success stories for American business. This book is linked to a Channel 4 television series entitled The Triumph of the Nerds.
