图书标签: Windows 传记 软件工程 微软 计算机 历史 程序人生 项目管理
发表于2024-08-02
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Showstopper! is a vivid account of the creation of Microsoft Windows NT, perhaps the most complex software project ever undertaken. It is also a portrait of David Cutler, NT's brilliant and, at times, brutally aggressive chief architect.
Cutler surely ranks as one of the most impressive software engineers the field has ever produced. After leading the team that created the VMS operating system for Digital's VAX computer line--an accomplishment that most would regard as a lifetime achievement--he went on to conceive and lead the grueling multi-year project that ultimately produced Windows NT. Both admired and feared by his team, Cutler would let nothing stand in the way of realizing his design and often clashed with his programmers, senior Microsoft management, and even Gates himself. Yet no matter how involved he became in managing his 100-programmer team, he continued to immerse himself in every technical detail of the project and write critical portions of the code himself.
Showstopper! is also a fascinating look at programmer and managerial culture behind the Microsoft facade. The portraits of the men and women who created NT not only reveal the brilliance of their work but the crushing stress and the dislocating effects that new wealth had on their lives. For some team members, the NT project ultimately destroyed their marriages, friendships, and virtually every human relationship outside of work. Showstopper! also reveals the uncertainties, false starts, and blind alleys that dogged the project as Microsoft repositioned NT from an improved OS/2 to something that would ultimately challenge both OS/2 and Unix for the title of the world's most powerful operating system.
书写的不咋样
评分我看的是中文版《观止》,很好,Mark一下英文原版。
评分大型软件简直是个nightmare 中文翻译得不怎么样
评分大型软件简直是个nightmare 中文翻译得不怎么样
评分good book to know how other team or company works on the critical project, how to keep the team morale, and how to handle stress,etc. A lot of findings in this book.
了解Windows NT诞生的过程还是相当有趣的,各种有才华的人聚集在一起开发这一个伟大的产品,管理也是一件不容易的事。 看了很久了,比较印象深刻的一个片段是:ntfs 研发出来后,于是大伙被要求转移自己的工作到ntfs上。无疑最开始不太愿意转移,但最终还是得:“吃自己的狗粮...
评分我就是一个二把刀的英文水平,随便看两眼就找出一大堆错误,比如: Cash cow --> 现金奶牛 (应该翻译为“摇钱树”) Piss off --> 朝别人撒尿(应该翻译为“惹恼了别人”) Greek -> 希腊语 (应该翻译为“天书”) Rocket Science --> 火箭科技(应该翻译为“尖端科技”或“...
评分这是一本不错的书,书中主要描述微软创建NT的重重困难。 看过了这本书,让我真正见识到了什么叫科学狂人,之前也许我认为那么多的天才来自于先天,或者说是来源于较早的启蒙开发,不过现在了解了那一份成功背后无数的努力艰辛。 这样的辛苦,是我们几个人能够承受得住的。 而且...
评分在大部分的中国人心中,提到微软可能马上能想到以下几个人物: (1)盖茨 他是微软的创造者 (2)李开复 离开微软到Google事件,一下声名大振 (3)唐峻 这个曾在微软打工的打工皇帝 这些人或多或少我们都因为他们的一些自传更多的了解了他们,可无论是李开复也好,还...
评分也许是对本书期望过高,实际读过之后,感觉让我震撼和收获的地方并不多。我差不多是在几次构建的等待,和两天地铁上下班的时间读完的。 这本书从风格上讲,和《梦断代码》类似,都是记者从旁观者的角度,讲述软件开发团队内部的故事。不同的地方在于,《梦断代码》讲述的是一...
Show Stopper pdf epub mobi txt 电子书 下载 2024