[rescue] Re: [geeks] IKEA "Jerker" desk instructions?

Bill Bradford mrbill at mrbill.net
Mon Feb 16 15:40:58 CST 2004


On Mon, Feb 16, 2004 at 04:37:24PM -0500, Lionel Peterson wrote:
> "Where Wizards Stay Up Late" - a good read, as is "Fire in the Valley"
> (PC industry "history"), "Dealers in Lightning" (Xerox PARC history),
> "Starving to death on $200 Million" (History of "The Industry Standard"
> magazine), and "Crypto" - but please, with all due respect, avoid "In
> the beginning... was the command line" - what a waste of wood pulp...

Have read all of them but "Starving to Death" - Dealers in Lightning could
have been much, much better - but it seemed like a lame imitation of the
Wizards book.  Crypto was *good*.  I like Levy.

Bill

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bill bradford
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austin, texas



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