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.
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副标题定为“夺命狂奔”真是很贴切。不但是狂奔，而且是一口气不喘地狂奔了接近5年。最终挺下来的人，也许值得敬佩，或者更应该得到同情，因为他们的身体、心理、家庭受到了如此多的损耗。当一切真的结束时，没有狂喜，因为盼望这一天太久了，以至于当它真的到来时，反而显得那...
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...
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...
评分在这里要推荐下《观止-微软创建NT和未来的夺命狂奔》，非常精彩，讲述了windows NT开发过程中的人和事。这不仅仅是故事书，也可以看做一本项目管理方面的指南，可以看看这么巨大的项目（几百万行代码）所遭遇到的难题和痛楚。我更愿意将这本书当做《人月神话》的故事版，同...
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是一本了解大型软件开发人员心理状态的好书
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
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评分我看的是中文版《观止》，很好，Mark一下英文原版。
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