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		heywire on Nov 27, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Explorer Shell Merged For anyone who is interested in the story of the original development of Windows NT, check out the G. Pascal Zachary book, Showstopper.

teh_klev on Nov 27, 2014 [–]

I would agree, not read my copy for a very long time but it's very enjoyable. I think I read it at around the same time as I last read "The Soul of a New Machine" by Tracy Kidder, also a worthwhile read for some of the younger HN'ers who missed out on that era.

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