Overview
Showstopper is the dramatic, inside story of the creation of Windows NT, told by Wall Street Journal reporter G. Pascal Zachary. Driven by the legendary David Cutler, a picked band of software engineers sacrifices almost everything in their lives to build a new, stable, operating system aimed at giving Microsoft a platform for growth through the next decade of development in the computing business.
Comparable in many ways to the Pulitzer Prize–winning book The Soul of a New Machine by Tracy Kidder, Showstopper gets deep inside the process of software development, the lives and motivations of coders and the pressure to succeed coupled with the drive for originality and perfection that can pull a diverse team together to create a program consisting of many hundreds of thousands of lines of code.
This book title, Showstopper! (The Breakneck Race to Create Windows NT and the Next Generation at Microsoft), ISBN: 9781497638839, by G. Pascal Zachary, published by Open Road Integrated Media, Inc. (July 22, 2014) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
Unlike Amazon and other retailers who may also offer Showstopper! (The Breakneck Race to Create Windows NT and the Next Generation at Microsoft) books on their website, we specialize in large quantities and provide personal service, from trusted, experienced, friendly people in Portland, Oregon. We offer a Price Match Guarantee, and QuickQuote form, to make purchasing quick and easy.
Prefer to work with a human being when you order Showstopper! (The Breakneck Race to Create Windows NT and the Next Generation at Microsoft) books in bulk? Our Book Specialists are standing by Monday-Friday 8-5 PST, ready to help!