What the Dormouse Said
LC Class | QA76.17 .M37 2005 | |
What the Dormouse Said: How the Sixties Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer Industry, is a
The book follows the history chronologically, beginning with
Markoff argues for a direct connection between the counterculture of the late 1950s and 1960s (using examples such as Kepler's Books in Menlo Park, California) and the development of the computer industry. The book also discusses the early split between the idea of commercial and free-supply computing.
The main part of the title, "What the Dormouse Said," is a reference to a line at the end of the 1967
See also
- Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution
- Midpeninsula Free University
- Homebrew Computer Club
- The Soul of a New Machine
- Microserfs
- Steve Jobs
- Fire in the Valley
References
- Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society. Scientists' Nightstand > Bookshelf Detail. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
John Markoff's What the Dormouse Said (the title is taken from the lyrics of the Jefferson Airplane song "White Rabbit") tells the story of the important period when the personal computer and the Internet as we know them came into being. He also describes how a new culture of drugs, sex and rock and roll was created at the same time as the computers, sometimes in the same rooms, by some of the same people.
External links
- Life Outside the Mainframe (review from Peacework)
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