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Sitting at your desk, not getting much done, you finally give in to the temptation and click onto www.coolwaytokilltime.com. Little do you know, as you check on the price of cattle futures in Bolivia, that you have Jim Clark to thank for this wonderful research tool and time waster. Clark didn't invent the Internet (that was the Pentagon, looking for an inscrutable way to transmit classified information--or Al Gore, if you can believe him) or even the World Wide Web (that was a Swiss researcher named Tim Berners-Lee). Nor did he invent the first Web browser with a graphical interface; that was a pair of University of Illinois computer geeks named Marc Andreessen and Eric Bina. What Clark did was team up with Andreessen to create Netscape, and their first product, Netscape Navigator, made the Net more universally accessible than it had ever been. It also made a lot of people really rich, a fact Clark dwells on in perhaps too much detail.Read more

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Good story, shame about the author
I found the book to be a reasonably enjoyable read, however I must say that the author's high opinion of himself seems to shine through on almost every page and really put me off. We don't want to know about his boats, wealth, etc... just the story would do. Highly Recommended!
Jim Clark offers an adventurous account of the birth and volatile life of Netscape Communications Corp., the company that produced the Web browser that helped make the Internet a household tool. If the rags-to-riches dot-com start-up story has become clich�, bear in mind that when Netscape Navigator arrived on the market, the Internet was still largely the semi-private domain of a few academic oddballs. Due to the seminal role that Netscape played in turning the Internet into the omnipresent force that it is today, Clark's book does indeed represent an important first draft of history. The key phrase, of course, is first draft. If nothing else, Clark is a salesman and a promoter, and his goal here is to promote Netscape's version of history - a particularly important goal at a time when the U.S. courts are weighing the fate of the company's arch nemesis, Microsoft. Nevertheless, future historians will use this book in cobbling together the true tale of the Internet's origins, as well as the genesis of the stock mania of the late 1990s. We at getAbstract recommend this dramatic, and sometimes even suspenseful book, to all professionals, whose future decisions concerning the Internet will benefit from the de-mythologizing effect of historic perspective.

Rivals Larry Ellison's ego
Fascinating story- especially from the founder himself rather than someone who 'thinks' he knows how it started.Interesting to read all the behind-the-scenes politics behind the sucesses.Read more

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A life worth reading
In February of 1994, I, along with many other horny college students around the nation, was fascinated by an Esquire article documenting "feminists who don't hate sex!" Lisa Palac had one of the more memorable lines as she attempted to describe the appeal of S/M; she called for her men to "degrade me when I ask you to." Obviously, this was not your average pundit, a fact emphasized by her r�sum�: co-founder of Future Sex magazine, producer of the Cyborgasm CD series and now author of an excellent memoir, The Edge of the Bed. Palac relates her upbringing, revisiting her Catholic childhood, her parents' loveless marriage and her subsequent attempts at establishing romantic relationships in the stormy sexual climate of San Francisco with an energetically bouncing prose and a self-deprecating gift for the dramatic. Along the way, she finds time to state her views on pornography, cybersex and sexual honesty, drawing you into her life with a magnetic charisma. She writes with a uniquely modern voice, one capable of tackling thorny issues with intelligence, irreverence and a quick wit.Hers is a life worth reading, and, with only 35 years behind her, there should be plenty more to come.

A Welcome Voice on Sex and Who We Are
I really enjoyed this book. Palac's approach to what can be such a loaded subject is playful and light. Her core idea is that each of our sexual identities is unique, and that we have a right, almost an obligation, to honor and explore it. She is tolerant of diversity, but at the same time she pulls no punches in condemning those who would belittle and shame us for our natural drives. Palac is/was a Roman Catholic, as am I, and her chapter on the role of the Church in robbing her of her sexual identity is very compelling. The idea that pornography can be healthy, and that women have a right to enjoy it, is an idea whose time has come. I give this book 5 stars because it is a welcome look at an aspect of our lives which is frequently stunted and shrouded with shame. Palac has opened a window letting in fresh air.

good but not great
Palac's book is good and gives us insight into her mind, but I was hoping to find more of a debate about whether pornography is good or evil.She doesn't really get into that.(If she did, yes, I know she'd come out onthe side of good, but the point is to figure out _how_ she came to thatconclusion.)The book is a little too much the story of her life -- butactually, that's what the title/blurb promise us, so really, I shouldn't becomplaining. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography / Autobiography    2. Case studies    3. Computer sex    4. Human Sexuality    5. Palac, Lisa    6. Pornography    7. Pornography (Social Aspects)    8. Sex Relations    9. Sexual behavior    10. Social Science    11. Sociology    12. Specific Groups - General    13. United States    14. Women    15. Biography: general    16. Current Events / General    17. Sex & sexuality   

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A Real Gem
Fredric ya gotta fan. The book is a gem! Felt like I was looking at a well-cut stone;brilliant light reflecting and refracting on the computer industry and the "bigger than life" it seems men that run it or are run down by it. Hard as a diamond in places and then a soft glow like amber in others because of the wry humor.
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Interesting, if very biased
The content of Accidental Millionaire: The Rise and Fall of Steve Jobs at Apple Computer was interesting and certainly showed me why Apple is not as large or successful as IBM, Hewlett-Packard, or Microsoft. Steve Jobs: tyrannical glue
I cannot begin to describe how much apple computers have played a part in my life up to the present.I can still recall the days of my early childhood when I would spend Saturday mornings with my Macintosh LC.The opportunity to discover the roots of these pinnacles of computing technology was welcomed with open arms.The book begins speaking of both Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak as small Californian children with a hunger for knowledge for technology.Wozniak, being the son of an engineer, had an almost instinctive approach to computing technology creating a 10 - bit calculator in his early teens.Steve Jobs, on the other hand, was more fascinated with what technology could do than how it worked.The first collaboration of Wozniak and Jobs brought about the "blue box", which was used to make free long distance calls illegally.As the two sought a more productive and legal venture, they moved on to computing technology.As the book progresses, it goes into the intense conflict between Jobs and what seems like the rest of the company of Apple computers.I used to believe Steve Jobs was the creator of everything in the early days of Apple; however, I was shown otherwise by this book.Steve Jobs actually was the man that put things in motion by inspiring an pressuring his fellow technical friends to make something of their skills and created Apple as the product of the collaboration. You'll never look at Steve Jobs the same way again
This book gets behind the scene to portrait Steve Jobs not just as another entrepreneur/corporate executive of Silicon Valley but more as a person. More specifically, a person with major personality flaws who was fortunately enough to get where he is today.Read more

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Like other "totemic firms" of recent years, Microsoft attained astounding power and profitability in stunningly short order--along with a slew of rivals who desperately wanted it broken into less threatening pieces. Few really believed it would happen when the U.S. Department of Justice first began looking into its operations, however, which made the eventual judgment against the company even more significant. "The humbling of Microsoft is the last great business story of the 20th century and the first great riddle of the 21st," writes John Heilemann in Read more

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An excellent analysis of the case
Heilemann has done a fabulous job with this book. The Wired article was really gripping and the full length book is just as difficult to put down! It really makes you wonder what they're thinking in Redmond - at the end of the book I couldn't help feeling that Gates (as Heilemann presents him) seems a lot like Mr. Burns in the Simpsons episode where Lisa teaches him about recycling and he ends 'recycling' all the fish in the sea for livestock feed. He couldn't figure out why he was wrong and Gates seems to have the same difficulty.

whiny
This book is more of a whine session than an informative look into the microsoft case.Poor writing and questionable facts make this book impossible to read.Save your money!

Save Your Money
This book was more than "based on" the Wired article, it was the Wired article.I read both the article and the book, and in my opinion there was very little added to the book.I would suggest buying the Wired Magazine that had this article, ... .Read more

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Bennahum writes a rich account of what it was like to be among the first to grow up with computers as an important part of daily life, where the critical parts of the most coveted toys are electronic rather than mechanical. What lends Read more

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Brilliant!
I was staying at a friend's house, and he had a copy of Extra Life.As I grew up with computers, and have an interest in anything having to do with them, I started flipping through the book, thinking it might be interesting.Well!I must say that I was hooked within the first two pages!Bennahum's book is an amazingly insightful telling of a story that I had never really thought about before.Extra Life is about the moment that personal computers came into our lives (I grew up with an Apple II), and the way that they changed both the world and culture, written through the eyes of Bennahum as a kid and teenager. Just because it happened to you does not make it interesting
The above quote is from the movie Search and Destroy (1995), from the character of Dr. Waxling. My Generation
This book immediately brought me back to the day when my father brought home a Commodore 64 for our family.I was back in our basement hacking BASIC code all over again.Great read. ... Read more

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It seems like all of the biggest names in the computer industry are getting the celebrity bio treatment these days. But no corporate CEO deserves it more than Larry Ellison, the charismatic head of Oracle Corp. This isn't your standard, dry, "learn-from-his-example" type of life. It's not that Ellison's life doesn't offer the same lessons in hard-won business success as some of his colleague's, because it certainly does. It's just vastly more entertaining.Read more

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Sure, Bill Gates is richer, but I'd rather be Larry Ellison!
This book was a great read, and it was a blast reading about the great Larry Ellison. Larry Ellison's personality comes out in this book. He is a fun, flamboyant, in-your-face billionaire who knows how to enjoy the money he makes. Big houses, sharp clothes, fast cars, and hot women! Oh, yeah, he also built up a pretty good business.
Good read
Very good read, I couldn't put this book down until I was finished, larry is the man.

"Greed is good." - Gordon Gekko,Wallstreet
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Disgraceful
I'm not sure who commissioned this book to be written, but it is completely disgraceful the lack of any formal criticism or challenges that confront the Murdoch empire. I would get more insight reading a brochure about the company than from this book. Truly disgraceful.

A lively narrative and a great read full of fascinating info
The is a surprisingly good read, the narrative is lively and informative, and the information is fresh and based on exclusive interviews with the Murdochs and those inhabiting their inner sanctum.

Don't Waste Your Money
Do Not waste your money on this book, particularly if you are in the business and/ or have even a little working knowledge of News Corp. Thebook is contains no insight into the Murdoch way of doing business, is full of factual errors and was apparently not edited at all. It is full of mistakes, omits context and timing and ignores many of the key executives who actually make and made things happen at News Corp.Read more

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A GREAT & TOUCHING TRIBUTE TO THE MAN WHO TOUCHED OUR LIVES!
This book has it all.Stories from fans, DeadHeads, personal friends, associates, etc.Touching anecdotes.Humor.Love.Peace.And of course...THE MUSIC!No matter what your story is or how you "got onthe bus" you deserve to have the oppurtunity to read this book.Ipromise you, whatever your connection to the Dead is, there is a story inhere expressing your feelings.AMAZING.Please buy it, it is well worthit.All DeadHeads need to read this book (although I feel even someone whodidn't even like the Dead would find this book equally amazing).I cannotsay enough good things about this book.When I got through with my copy, Igave it to a friend because I was so touched I had to do somethinggenerous.Keep the "Unbroke Chain" alive my friends.Peace! ... Read more

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Two Men of Men
Those who have read Tedlow's Giants of Enterprise are already aware of his unique and abundant skills as a brilliant thinker and eloquent writer. In this volume, he focuses his attention on Thomas Watson Sr. and Jr. who established and then developed one of the great dynasties in modern business history. (Watson Sr. was among seven "Giants" Tedlow discusses in his previous book.) This volume consists of several separate but carefully integrated parts: Watson Sr.'s life and career, his son Tom's life and career, and their often volatile personal as well as professional relationship at IBM.
A good bio on the father and son that founded IBM
If you are interested in the lives of the father and son that built IBM, this book is a pretty good place to start.It is an interpretive essay rather than an academic or formal biography.Since the author is basing this book on secondary sources, he carefully lists all the sources he relied on to write this book,He doesn't claim to provide original research or to have had access to primary sources that aren't publicly available.But it is good for a quick read and introduction to the Thomas Watson Sr and Jr. Read more

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Good Paper Book
This is a great book when it comes to writing a paper.It is in chronilogical form and houses many interesting facts on this activist. ... Read more

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Herbert Goldman's "Fanny Brice: The Original Funny Girl"
This is a great biography of a great entertainer.Many beautiful photos of this dear, wonderful performer and
one of the most unbiased, yet loving tributes to a real star
I had the pleasure of reading FANNY BRICE by Herbert Goldman when it first came out in 1992.I am sorry that it is now out of print, as it is one of the most detailed writings on a stage/vaudeville star I have everencountered.From her early struggles, to the height of her stardom, toher untimely death, this grand lady lead a memorable life that few can everhope for.This lady conquered every medium she went out for.It should beread by young people aspiring to the arts to show them just how realtroupers their ancestors really were......Mr Goldman also wrote thedefinitive book on another great, Al Jolson..I am looking forward to theone that he is writing now on Eddie Cantor.What a perfect trilogy on oldBroadway......Kudos to you Mr Goldman... ... Read more

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The goods on Ballmer and Microsoft
When I read about the author's problems with his Steve Jobs biography, I picked up a copy of this to see if he was legit. He is. I read the book straight through, and think I got a wide picture of both Microsoft and Steve Ballmer. I find that I like Ballmer, even after reading about all his miscues. I'm giving this to a few tech friends as office gifts.

Dissapointing
This book is a complete disappointment.The author has an interesting subject but provides little authentic insight on Steve Ballmer and instead fills the pages with irrelevant material and personal observations.As an example, in one chapter he lists the voting statistics for the 2000 presidential election, spends 4 pages describing a conference that he attended (that had nothing to do with Microsoft) and reports on an interview with the manager of the Seattle Sunglass Hut.He also makes a number of obvious mistakes, for example he describes Microsoft's Internet Explorer as a "search engine", so it is hard to trust the facts that he does present.The author's style is easy and engaging, and at first glance the book looks interesting, but unfortunately under that veneer there is little of real substance.

Complex business portrait ruined by an anti-Microsoft slant
"Ballmer is vast. Ballmer contains multitudes." This observation in the introduction to Bad Boy Ballmer leads respected investigative journalist Fredric Alan Maxwell to conclude his unauthorized biography/expose of Microsoft head honcho Steven Anthony Ballmer, and truth be told, Microsoft itself, with "Steve Ballmer can remind you of many people." This seems to be his prevailing message along with "Microsoft is bad!"
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A gallery of portraits
This "Who is Who in Computer Industry" is a perfect coffee-tablebook for computer enthusiasts: large format, lavishly illustrated and righton the topic. Almost 200 people are presented, each with a full-page colourphotograph and some 100-words abstract. This is a must for every computer history library.
Having one photographer take all of the pictures with the subjects free to pose any way they wanted, wearing whatever they wanted, lets this book bring you some of the personality behind the people: Gordon Bell (DEC) in acowboy hat, Scott Cook (Intuit) in a button-down shirt and swimsuit, AlanKay (Xerox PARC) in front of the pipe organ in his home, Thomas Kurtz(Basic) standing in front of a painting of himself and John Kemeny(co-creator of Basic), me in flannel shirt and jeans, etc. Read more

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