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Show Stopper! The Breakneck Race to Create Windows NT and the Next Generation at Microsoft
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A behind-the-scenes chronicle of the high-pressure development of Windows NT at Microsoft, a touchstone of the software-project-narrative genre. Spolsky names it (alongside The Soul of a New Machine) as a benchmark for great writing about software projects and includes it on his reading list.
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“in the style of Soul of a New Machine or Showstopper about a software development project”
Cited by Spolsky in 'The Big Picture' as a benchmark for the software-project chronicle genre; also appears on his Fog Creek management-training reading list.
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