Archival Data Profile
- Page Count 463
- Publication Year 2000
- Publisher McGraw Hill
- ISBN-13 9780071358927
Fire in the Valley
Archival Summary & Scope
This book chronicles the dramatic rise of the personal computer industry, from its origins in early computer clubs to the creation of multi-million dollar enterprises. It explores the communal spirit, brilliant innovations, blundering missteps, and complex motivations—including naiveté, noble purpose, and greed—that characterized its pioneering founders. A concise and insightful history of a transformative industry.Archival Categorization Notes
This literature has been indexed under the primary pillar of Technology. It was manually vetted for the Read For Truth database because it provides educational insights into Hardware, assisting researchers in locating established secondary research within this specific taxonomy.