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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为世人完整的重现了整个NT开发过程的方方面面，让大家对这样大型、复杂项目有了一个感性的认识，对项目、团队管理具有不小的启发作用。 感触： 一：经济刺激作用。不用看薪资待遇方面，最初加入NT团队的人，2年左右的时间通过持有的微软股票基本都成了百万富翁。 二：关键的高...
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評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...
評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“...
評分从同事那儿借来的书，飞快地看完了。故事是不错，NT这个项目对微软的意义也不言而喻，这个项目的确可以说是微软历史上最重要的一个项目。我就有两点感想： 1. 微软还是很纵容卡特勒的，让他带自己队伍进公司，给他高人一等的地位，连盖茨在他面前都小心翼翼地，虽然项目一再de...
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评分是一本瞭解大型軟件開發人員心理狀態的好書
评分我看的是中文版《觀止》，很好，Mark一下英文原版。
评分大型軟件簡直是個nightmare 中文翻譯得不怎麼樣
评分是一本瞭解大型軟件開發人員心理狀態的好書
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