Renegades of the empire
Subtitle: how three software warriors started a revolution behind the walls of fortress Microsoft
By: Michael Drummond
Contributors: Microsoft Corporation
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Crown Publishers
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 297
ISBN-13: 9780609604168
Subjects: Computer software industry; Businessmen; Biography
Description: The story of how three software engineers at Microsoft developed DirectX and Chromeffects.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Alex in wonderland; title: The unholy troika; title: Flight of the evangelists; title: Internal warfare; title: The beastie boys; title: Beyond ground zero; title: Chrome, the new excalibur; title: St. John's waterloo; title: Invite to a "revolution"; title: Mercenaries of the empire; title: Big Bill vs. big brother; title: This is not your mother's browser; title: Squeeze plays; title: "The operating system the government doesn't want you to have"; title: Sisyphus on a roll; title: The white-paper trail; title: Phone call in Orlando; title: god.com; title: Once more into the breach.