chip@dartvax.UUCP (Brig ) (05/14/84)
I just read a book called "Silicon Valley Fever" about Silicon Valley-- history, mores, companies, people etc. Anyone interested in the place, or software and hardware houses, etc, might want to browse it. I'm sorry to say it's not very good. It seems a random collection of interviews, newspaper articles, etc--all filtered through a pair of authoirs who don't write too well, and who have rather standard Sociology Class biases. However, you will see little bits on interviews with Bob Noyce and other biggies; gossip about Steve Jobs & Wozniak, such as their setting up company with Capn Crunch, the blue box manufacturer; photos of Hewlett-Packard's garage, etc. Plus more or less drivelous stuff about how hard SV'ers work, what kind of cars they drive, the Japanese Threat, etc etc. I wouldn't buy it, but I browsed it. Authors names are forgotten (mercifully). But it was Basic Books.
murray@sbcs.UUCP (Murray Gordon) (05/31/84)
Yes, one fan here! Or, more precisely, ex-fan. I used to read everything of his I could get my hands on. Which wasn't easy, as I was living in a country where all his books were banned. Have you seen the movie/s he made? They showed some of them (free!) at the Tate National Art Gallery in London. Murray the mensch. Usenet: {floyd, bunker, cbosgd, mcvax,cmcl2}!philabs!sbcs!murray {allegra, teklabs, hp-pcd, metheus}!ogcvax!sbcs!murray CSNet: murray@suny-sbcs@CSNet-Relay