Guide to the Gregg Zachary Showstopper! : papers, 1989-19931989-1993 M1299

Processed by Special Collections staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Steven Mandeville-Gamble.

Department of Special Collections and University Archives

2002

Green Library

557 Escondido Mall

Stanford 94305-6064

specialcollections@stanford.edu

URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc

Language of Material: English

Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives

Title: Showstopper!; the breakneck race to create Windows NT and the next generation at Microsoft: research material for book

Identifier/Call Number: M1299

Physical Description: 5.88 Linear Feet : 6 boxes (4 record cartons, 1 manuscript box, 1 flat box)

Date (inclusive): 1989-1993

Abstract: Contains research files, notes, audiovisual materials, notebooks, and manuscripts of Gregg Zachary's book Showstopper, documenting the history of the Microsoft.

Access Restrictions

Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use. Audio-visual and born digital materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy. Born digital materials are not available until processed.

Provenance

Gift of Gregg Pascal Zachary, 2002.

Biography

G. Pascal Zachary is a senior writer for The Wall Street Journal. Splitting his time between London and Berkeley, California, Mr. Zachary is also a contributing editor of the newsmagazine In These Times and a columnist for Technology Review.

He has published two technology-related books -- Showstopper (1994), on innovation at Microsoft, and Endless Frontier, a biography of Vannevar Bush, the organizer of the Mahattan Project.

His latest book, "The Global Me: New Cosmopolitans and the Competitive Edge," is a study of how rich nations handle ethnic, racial and national diversity in their societies and a celebration of multicultural identity in the New Economy. It was published in July 2000 by Public Affairs Books.

Preferred Citation:

Gregg Zachary Showstopper! : papers. M1299. Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Scope and Content

Contains research files, notes, audiovisual materials, notebooks, and manuscripts of Gregg Zachary's book Showstopper, documenting the history of the high technology field.

Publication Rights

Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.

Series 1. Subject files

Box 1, folder 1

ABRASH, Mike

Box 1, folder 2

ALLCHIN, Jim

Box 1, folder 3

ALSOP, Stewart

Box 1, folder 4

Analysts

Box 1, folder 5

AYCOCK, Ellen

Box 1, folder 6

BALCIUNAS, John

Box 1, folder 7

BALLMER, Steve

Box 1, folder 8

BELL, Gordon

Box 1, folder 9

BENNETT, Julie

Box 1, folder 10

BIRRELL, Scott Ian

Box 1, folder 11

BROWN, Jeff

Box 1, folder 12

Build Lab

Box 1, folder 13

BROOKS, Fred

Box 1, folder 14

Bugs

Box 1, folder 15

BUTZI, Paul

Box 1, folder 16

Cairo

Box 1, folder 17

CARON, Johan

Box 1, folder 18

CATHCART, Steve

Box 1, folder 19

Chicago

Box 1, folder 20

CHAN, Chuck

Box 1, folder 21

Chronology

Box 1, folder 22

CHURCHES, Larry

Box 1, folder 23

CLIGGET, Mark

Box 1, folder 24

COMAFORD, Christine

Box 1, folder 25

Contract

Box 1, folder 26

Crystal Computer Systems

Box 1, folder 27

CUSTER, Helen

Box 1, folder 28

Customers

Box 1, folder 29

CUTLER, David W.

Box 1, folder 30

CUTLER Family

Box 1, folder 31

DAVIS, Jim

Box 1, folder 32

DAY, Bob

Box 1, folder 33

DAY, Terri

Box 1, folder 34

DIAMOND, Kent

Box 1, folder 35

Digital Equipment

Box 1, folder 36

DUNIE, Moshe

Box 1, folder 37

DUNCAN, Mitch

Box 1, folder 38

Email

Box 1, folder 39

Pam EDSTRM

Box 1, folder 40

Engineering

Box 1, folder 41

FELTON, Matt

Box 1, folder 42

FENWICK, Thomas

Box 1, folder 43

FOGELIN, Eric

Box 1, folder 44

Free Press

Box 1, folder 45

FREYTAG, Asmus

Box 1, folder 46

GLASS, Mike

Box 1, folder 47

GATES, William H. (Bill)

Box 1, folder 48

GLASS Memos (drek)

Box 1, folder 49

GOETTER, Ben

Box 1, folder 50

GOURD, Roger

Box 1, folder 51

GREGG, Ken

Box 1, folder 52

NAVEEN, Jain

Box 1, folder 53

HALUPTZOK, Patrick

Box 1, folder 54

HALUPTZOK, Chenoa

Box 1, folder 55

HARGROVE, Karen

Box 1, folder 56

HARTENECK, Ralf

Box 1, folder 57

HAVENS, Darryl

Box 1, folder 58

HAVENS, Jeff

Box 1, folder 59

HEINEN, Roger

Box 1, folder 60

Hoppers

Box 1, folder 61

HOWELL, Jane

Box 1, folder 62

HORNE, Jim

Box 1, folder 63

Hungarian

Box 1, folder 64

I860

Box 1, folder 65

IBM

Box 1, folder 66

Index

Box 1, folder 67

Intel

Box 1, folder 68

KAHKI, Jawad

Box 1, folder 69

KELLY, Jim

Box 1, folder 70

KENZEN, Neil

Box 1, folder 71

KIMURA, Gary

Box 1, folder 72

KIRZNER, Rikki

Box 1, folder 73

Languages

Box 1, folder 74

Last "Weekend"

Box 1, folder 75

Edith Lewis Free Press

Box 1, folder 76

J. LAZARUS (NT)

Box 1, folder 77

LENZMEIR, Chuck

Box 1, folder 78

LETWIN, Gordon

Box 1, folder 79

LINN, Joe

Box 1, folder 80

LIVEDOTI, Don

Box 1, folder 81

LOGAN, Keith

Box 1, folder 82

LUCOVSKY, Cindy

Box 1, folder 83

LUCOVSKY, Mark

Box 1, folder 84

LUDWIG, Scott

Box 1, folder 85

Lustbader

Box 2, folder 1

MANHEIM, Jonathan

Box 2, folder 2

MANHEIM, Leigh

Box 2, folder 3

MARITZ, Paul

Box 2, folder 4

McJOHN, Bill

Box 2, folder 5

McLEREN, Don

Box 2, folder 6

McSHERRY, Nancy

Box 2, folder 7

Microsoft Financials

Box 2, folder 8

MILLER, Robert

Box 2, folder 9

MILLER, John

Box 2, folder 10

Misc. Notes Showstopper

Box 2, folder 11

MIPs

Box 2, folder 12

MOORE, Walt

Box 2, folder 13

MUGLIA, Bob

Box 2, folder 14

MYHRVOLD, Nathan

Box 2, folder 15

NEUPERT, Peter

Box 2, folder 16

NTFS

Box 2, folder 17

NT Ships (Reactions)

Box 2, folder 18

Microsoft NT

Box 2, folder 19

OEMs

Box 2, folder 20

O'LEARY, Mike

Box 2, folder 21

OLYNYK, Kirk

Box 2, folder 22

Oracle

Box 2, folder 23

Olive T

Box 2, folder 24

OSTERMAN, Larry

Box 2, folder 25

Outlines & Proposals

Box 2, folder 26

OSTERMAN, Valerie

Box 2, folder 27

PARCHERN, John

Box 2, folder 28

PARSELL, Stu

Box 2, folder 29

PDC

Box 2, folder 30

PEDERSON, Leif

Box 2, folder 31

PERAZZOLI, Lou

Box 2, folder 32

PETERS, Carol

Box 2, folder 33

PETERS, Tom'

Box 2, folder 34

PIEPER, Roel

Box 2, folder 35

PORTER, Trevor

Box 2, folder 36

Press Releases NT

Box 2, folder 37

NT: Press Coverage

Box 2, folder 38

Programming

Box 2, folder 39

Pro Sports Club

Box 2, folder 40

RASHID, Rick

Box 2, folder 41

READERMAN, David

Box 2, folder 42

REISWIG, Lee

Box 2, folder 43

Reviews

Box 2, folder 44

RINNE, Bob

Box 2, folder 45

ROWE, Steve

Box 2, folder 46

RUBIN, Darryl

Box 2, folder 47

Russell

Box 2, folder 48

Sam Fox Publishing Company

Box 2, folder 49

SCHULMAN, Andrew

Box 2, folder 50

SCHMIDT, Eric

Box 2, folder 51

SCHRIEBER, Benn

Box 2, folder 52

SELTZER, Joyce

Box 2, folder 53

Showstopper Book Proposal

Box 2, folder 54

SHANNON, Kyle

Box 2, folder 55

Ship Countdown

Box 2, folder 56

Shaw, Lin

Box 2, folder 57

SHEEDY, Charlotte

Box 2, folder 58

SHORT, Rob

Box 2, folder 59

SILVERBERG, Brad

Box 2, folder 60

SIDOROFF, Donald

Box 2, folder 61

SMITH, Lee

Box 2, folder 62

SNIPP, David

Box 2, folder 63

Software: General

Box 2, folder 64

Software: Languages

Box 2, folder 65

Software: Personal Computers

Box 2, folder 66

Somasegar

Box 2, folder 67

SPENCER, John

Box 2, folder 68

Status Reports

Box 2, folder 69

STORK, Carl

Box 2, folder 70

STOWELL, Therese

Box 2, folder 71

THOMPSON, Dave

Box 2, folder 72

TREADWELL, David

Box 2, folder 73

VACHON, Andre

Box 2, folder 74

VAN DYKE, Cliff

Box 2, folder 75

VALENTINE, Brian

Box 2, folder 76

WALKER, Dwayne

Box 2, folder 77

WATSON, Colin

Box 2, folder 78

WEISER, Manny

Box 2, folder 79

WELD, David

Box 2, folder 80

Wendy

Box 2, folder 81

WHITE, Arden

Box 2, folder 82

WHITMER, Chuck

Box 2, folder 83

WILLMAN, Bryan

Box 2, folder 84

WILLOUGHBY, Lon

Box 2, folder 85

WILSON, Callie

Box 2, folder 86

Winblad

Box 2, folder 87

WINER, David

Box 2, folder 88

WONG, Gilman

Box 2, folder 89

WOOD, Steven

Box 2, folder 90

WSJ

Box 2, folder 91

Ed. Yourdon's

Box 2, folder 92

ZBIKOWSKI, Mark

Series 2. Miscellaneous Papers

Box 3, folder 4

Microsoft Internal Docs

Box 3, folder 1

Misc. Papers

Box 3, folder 2

Misc. Papers

Box 3, folder 3

Correspondence

Series 3. Clippings

Box 3, folder 5

Clippings

Box 3, folder 6

Clippings

Box 3, folder 7

Clippings

Series 4. Manuscript

Box 3, folder 8

SHOWSTOPPER! Draft

Box 6, folder 1

SHOWSTOPPER! Gally Proofs

Series 5. Books

Box 3

Microsoft Windows NT Systems Guide

Box 3

Custer, Hellen. Inside Windows NT

Box 3

Anklam, Cutler, Heinen, MacLaren. Engineering a Compiler

Series 6. Videotapes

Conditions Governing Access

Audiovisual materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.

Box 4

Microsoft Studios Bill Gates-Plenary Speech, Fall Comdex, 1991 11/4/91 1:15:00

Box 4

Microsoft Studios Tech Talk Seminar #9, NT Subsystem Technology - Steve Wood, 7/16/91 1:00:00

Box 4

Microsoft Studios Win NT C2 Security - DAP Training, Week One "NFTS File Systems" Tom Miller 8/26/93 1:20:00

Container Summary: Tape 12 of 15

Box 5

Microsoft Studios Win 32 Professional Developers Conference, Speaker: Dave Cutler 7/7/92 1:14:00

Box 5

Microsoft Studios Win 32 Professional Developers Conference, Keynote Address: Bill Gates 7/6/92 57:00

Container Summary: Tape 1

Box 4

Microsoft Studios Microsoft Windows NT - Atlanta, Bill Gates Entire Keynote Address 5/24/93 1:09:00

Box 4

Microsoft Studios Win32 Professional Developers Conference, General Session 8, Windows NT I/O Subsystems: Darryl Havens, San Francisco, California July 6-8 1992

Box 4

Microsoft Studios Win32 Professional Developers Conference, General Session 9, Windows NT Networking: Dave Thompson, San Francisco, California July 6-8 1992

Box 4

Microsoft Studios Win32 Professional Developers Conference, General Session 4, Win32 Graphics Device Interface: Chuck Whitmer, San Francisco, California July 6-8 1992

Box 5

Microsoft Studios Win32 Professional Developers Conference, General Session 16, Windows Futures: Jim Allchin, San Francisco, California July 6-8 1992

Box 5

Information at Your Fingertips

Box 4

Bill Gates WABC-TV Channel 7, This Week with David Brinkley

Box 4

Microsoft Broad Research TV Advertising Nov 1994-March 1995

Series 7. Notebook

Box 3

Microsoft Day 3/10/1993

Box 3

Neil Konzen -- Bill Gates (dinner)

Box 3

Microsoft Visit #2 7/25/1991 -- Brad Silverberg (includes Borland contracts)

Box 3

Steve Baumer Interview 3/2/1989

Box 3

Visit to Microsoft 7/24/1991

Box 3

Microsoft Day #2 3/11/1993

Box 3

Microsoft Day #3 3/12/1993

Box 3

Misc. torn notebooks (3)

Series 8. Diskettes

Conditions Governing Access

Born-digital material is not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy. Materials are closed until processed.

Microsoft NT 3.1 Installation Discs (3)

Greg, Wong, Day Int

Container Summary: 3/4" Floppy

Abrash & Rashid Interviews, Micro Floppy Copies

Container Summary: 3/4" Floppy

Series 9. Audiocassettes

Conditions Governing Access

Audiovisual materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.

Box 4

Caron 7/13/93

Box 4

Abrash/Cutler (A) Cutler(B)

Box 4

Cutler (A & B) 9/7/93

Box 4

Dave Culter 8/17/93

Box 4

Cutler pt. 2 8/17/93

Box 4

D. Cutler 8/24/93

Box 4

Day: testing 8/3/93

Box 4

Bill Gates 11/14/91

Box 4

Gates 7/24/91

Box 4

Gates 10/22/91

Box 4

Gates 8/3/93

Box 4

Bill Gates 10/13/93

Box 4

Patrick Haloptzoki

Box 4

Havens, D. 7/30/93

Box 4

Jeff Havens 8/18/93

Box 4

Leigh Manheim

Box 4

Lou Perazzoli. 9/14/93

Box 4

Lazarus/Manheim 7/7/93

Box 4

David Treadwell 8/3/93

Box 4

Wood 7/13/93