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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 (1993) (edit title/settings)

by Robert X. Cringely (Author) (edit contributors)

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Computer manufacturing is--after cars, energy production and illegal drugs--the largest industry in the world, and it's one of the last great success stories in American business. Accidental Empires is the trenchant, vastly readable history of that industry, focusing as much on the... read more

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Years ago, when you were a kid and I was a kid, something changed in America.

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This book is in Joel on Software Reading List. (community list)

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  1. Robert X. Cringely (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: HarperBusiness
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1993
ISBN: 0887306217
Page Count: 336

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