Download When Computing Got Personal: A History of the Desktop Computer AudioBook Free
This is actually the story of what sort of handful of geeks and mavericks dragged the computer out of corporate back rooms and laboratories and into our living spaces and offices. It really is an account not only of outstanding innovation and eyesight but also of cunning business deals, boardroom tantrums and acrimonious lawsuits. Here you will find some of the most clever and eccentric people you might hope to meet, including wide-eyed hippies, subversive students, computer nerds, business people, hackers, crackers and financial backers. Some lost out plus some became millionaires, but all enjoyed a part in transforming the world.
