Access Restrictions
Provenance
Biography
Preferred Citation:
Scope and Content
Publication Rights
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.