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Fire in the Valley chronicles how a motley group of college dropouts, hippies, and electronics fanatics launched from their garages a hobbyist movement that grew into the personal computer revolution. Drawing on interviews with pioneers such as Ed Roberts of MITS, Lee Felsenstein of Processor Technology, and Jack Tramiel of Commodore, the book also profiles early figures like Steve Jobs and Bill Gates during their formative years. The revised third edition completes the narrative by covering the decline of the PC era, the deaths of Steve Jobs and Douglas Engelbart, the retirements of Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer, and the shift toward cloud and portable devices, while exploring the implications for personal freedom, power, and the open‑source versus proprietary software debate.
First publish date: 2014
Genre: Technology & Computing/Computer Science
Authors: Michael Swaine
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