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Assn for Computing Machinery, 1997 — 440 p. — ISBN: 0897919602, 978-0897919609
This "Who is Who in Computer Industry" is a perfect coffee-table book for computer enthusiasts: large format, lavishly illustrated and right on the topic. Almost 200 people are presented, each with a full-page colour photograph and some 100-words abstract.The wizards are divided into five categories: the Forerunners, the Inventors, the Enterpreneurs, the Communicators and the Venture Capitalists.
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