Back to category: Acceptance Limited version - please login or register to view the entire paper. A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE INTERNET A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE INTERNET New York: TV Books, 1998. First edition. Amazon.com Nerds 2.0.1: A Brief History of the Internet presents the development of the Web as a product of colliding, dualistic forces: the individuality of the personal computer and the universality of a global network. Along the way, other complementary opposites arise, such as the intersection of the "computer lib" hippie hacker and the IBM or Pentagon bureaucrat. The biographies of these visionaries, and the magnificent changes their ideas induced, make Nerds 2.0.1 compelling reading. Nerds 2.0.1 is a unique computer-history book, in that it is really a history of networking. Author Stephen Segaller covers all the current heavy hitters of the technology industry in depth: Novell, 3Com, and Cisco. In particular, the story of the creation of Cisco and the ousting of the original founders by the sponsoring venture capitalist shows the high-level stakes and intrigue this billionaire world holds... Posted by: Rebecca Wyant Limited version - please login or register to view the entire paper. |
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