Back in September, I got the recommendation to read the "Showstopper!: The Breakneck Race to Create Windows NT and the Next Generation at Microsoft" book from some other comment thread here in HN. I don't exactly remember which thread that was though... but learning about the history of Windows NT sounded interesting, so I bought the book right away and have been slowly reading through it over the last three months.
The story in the book seemed so exciting (and messed up) that I ended up writing a "book review" with commentary on various topics that caught my attention. The details might not be super-precise, but they are hopefully enough to paint the right picture in its context. I thought you might enjoy it due to where I got the suggestion from!
Back in September, I got the recommendation to read the "Showstopper!: The Breakneck Race to Create Windows NT and the Next Generation at Microsoft" book from some other comment thread here in HN. I don't exactly remember which thread that was though... but learning about the history of Windows NT sounded interesting, so I bought the book right away and have been slowly reading through it over the last three months.
The story in the book seemed so exciting (and messed up) that I ended up writing a "book review" with commentary on various topics that caught my attention. The details might not be super-precise, but they are hopefully enough to paint the right picture in its context. I thought you might enjoy it due to where I got the suggestion from!