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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Broad history of software ideas
The book provide a broad overview of significant ideas in the software field. It contains helpful papers to explain these ideas. I am currently working on a graduate degree in computer science and this book provided a good background for my studies.
Published 9 months ago by Blyvan
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Great Book -- Useless DVDs
WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! The DVDs that accompany the book can be read ONLY with the Windows software on the discs. Beyond the introductory music and the table of contents, nothing else can be viewed on a non-Windows PC or a DVD player. I suggest that the DVDs be treated as an extra only valuable to those with Windows boxes. I found this most unfortunate and makes...
Published on April 20, 2004
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Broad history of software ideas,
By Blyvan "Blyvan" (Reno, NV United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Software Pioneers (Hardcover)
The book provide a broad overview of significant ideas in the software field. It contains helpful papers to explain these ideas. I am currently working on a graduate degree in computer science and this book provided a good background for my studies.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Great Book -- Useless DVDs,
By A Customer
This review is from: Software Pioneers (Hardcover)
WARNING! WARNING! WARNING!The DVDs that accompany the book can be read ONLY with the Windows software on the discs. Beyond the introductory music and the table of contents, nothing else can be viewed on a non-Windows PC or a DVD player. I suggest that the DVDs be treated as an extra only valuable to those with Windows boxes. I found this most unfortunate and makes the DVDs useless to me. The book, on the other hand, is a collection of wonderful seminal articles with accompanying expositions. If you are a stranger to the articles, I suggest reading them (and re-reading them on a regular basis). They have not lost their freshness over the years. I would have wanted to have seen some of these authors talking (as some, such as Dijkstra, are no longer with us). If the DVDs could be read in regular players, I would have awarded the book 5 stars. |
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Software Pioneers by Manfred Broy (Hardcover - August 15, 2002)
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