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.
發表於2024-06-18
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首先,關於書名: 按照譯者的說法,“觀止”這個詞取自《古文觀止》的後半截,而《古文觀止》後半截是什麼意思呢? >>“觀止”二字,齣自《左傳•襄公十九年》:吳季劄在魯國賞周樂,至《韶》舞,贊嘆:“德至矣哉!大矣”,認為無美不具,於是說:“觀止矣。”書名為觀止,...
評分等我結結巴巴迴答完問題,麵試的經理停頓片刻,然後問道:“你知道這個軟件的意義嗎?”我猶豫瞭下,怎麼問起這個瞭而且這個怎麼說啊,但還是立即迴答“知道”。沒等我說齣下一句話,她接著說,“你看,周圍的多少高樓大廈,甚至全世界的多少高樓大廈或多或少依賴於這個軟件。...
評分副標題定為“奪命狂奔”真是很貼切。不但是狂奔,而且是一口氣不喘地狂奔瞭接近5年。最終挺下來的人,也許值得敬佩,或者更應該得到同情,因為他們的身體、心理、傢庭受到瞭如此多的損耗。當一切真的結束時,沒有狂喜,因為盼望這一天太久瞭,以至於當它真的到來時,反而顯得那...
評分 評分昨天收到瞭華章寄來的新書《觀止:微軟創建NT和未來的奪命狂奔》,其實這本已經算不上是新書瞭,15年前英文版已經上市,而在15年之後終於有機會看到中文版。本來對這樣一本書我是沒有多大興趣的,我一直認為這是一本歌頌微軟有多麼偉大、微軟是多麼有遠見的書,但是當我讀完前...
圖書標籤: Windows 傳記 軟件工程 微軟 計算機 曆史 程序人生 項目管理
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.
評分我看的是中文版《觀止》,很好,Mark一下英文原版。
評分我看的是中文版《觀止》,很好,Mark一下英文原版。
評分是一本瞭解大型軟件開發人員心理狀態的好書
評分大型軟件簡直是個nightmare 中文翻譯得不怎麼樣
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