Showstopper!; the breakneck race to create Windows NT and the next generation at Microsoft: research material for book, 1989-1993

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Title:
Showstopper!; the breakneck race to create Windows NT and the next generation at Microsoft: research material for book
Dates:
1989-1993
Abstract:
Contains research files, notes, audiovisual materials, notebooks, and manuscripts of Gregg Zachary's book Showstopper, documenting the history of the Microsoft.
Extent:
5.88 Linear Feet : 6 boxes (4 record cartons, 1 manuscript box, 1 flat box)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

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

Background

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.

Biographical / historical:

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.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Gregg Pascal Zachary, 2002.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by Special Collections staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Steven Mandeville-Gamble.
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-08-09 13:49:05 -0700 .

Access and use

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.

Terms of access:

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.

Preferred citation:

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

Location of this collection:
Department of Special Collections, Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6004, US
Contact:
(650) 725-1022
specialcollections@stanford.edu
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