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How the boys of silicon valley make their millions, battle foreign competition, and still cant get a date paperback by robert x. Accidental empires is the trenchant, vastly readable history of that industry, focusing as much on the astoundingly odd personalities at its coresteve jobs, bill gates, mitch kapor, etc. Designed by janis owens the library of congress has catalogued the previous edition as follows. Accidentalempires free download ebook in pdf and epub. Check here and also read some short description about robert x. Computer industry, history, informatique, industrie, computerindustrie, computer industry california santa clara valley santa clara county. Kindle edition by robert cringely, lars foster, katy gurley. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. How the boys of silicon valley make their millions, battle foreign competition, and still cant get a date robert x.
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