Fire in the Valley: The Making of The Personal Computer (Second Edition)

Paul Freiberger

A book not to be missed, just plain good reading about the drama of the Kids next door turning their dreams into millions.

--The New York Times Swaine and Freiberger capture the communal spirit of the early computer clubs, the brilliance and blundering of some of the first start-up companies, the assortment of naivete, noble purpose and greed that characterized various pioneers, and the inevitable transformation of all this into a major industry. Must reading.

--Philip Lemmons, editor-in-chief, BYTE Magazine

Fire in the Valley: The Making of The Personal Computer (Second Edition) is on the Coast Guard list.

  • Fred Kiesche read this book 4 months ago and commented:

    An O.K., book, but somewhat aged. I prefer Tracy Kidder's "Soul of a New Machine" for a look on how the IT industry works (also aged, but just a better written book, so has stood the test of time more gracefully).

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