Eric Raymond's "The Cathedral and the Bazaar" analysis of the OpenSource (ala, Linux) phenomenon. He also released The Halloween Documents which described Microsoft's view of OpenSource and Linux in particular.
Mary Schmich's now infamous "Wear Sunscreen" speech and why it is infamous.
Myths Perpetuated in the Name of Education by Ronald Khol, Editor of Machine Design Magazine.
Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert, proclaims Men who use computers are the new sex symbols of the '90s.
Fortune Magazine explains Why Stanford--the nexus of capital, high technology, and brainpower--is the intellectual incubator of the digital age.
Forbes attempts to describe How the West Kicked Butt by describing What MIT learned from Stanford.
Business Week's Silicon Valley Special Report, including a biography of Fred Terman, Stanford University Dean of Engineering and The Engineer Who Jump-Started Silicon Valley, and a description of A Wellspring Called Stanford.
Business Week's report on Leading Lights Among The Labs: A poll shows where researchers see the best work being done.
Forbes asserts that Hewlett-Packard's scientists are less concerned with Nobel Prizes than with creating new products for the marketing folk to sell in What have you invented for me lately?
Founding Fathers: In the midst of the depression, two sons of Stanford started a company in a Palo Alto garage. How Did Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard end up launching the high-tech revolution?
Hewlett-Packard celebrates the 25th anniversary of The HP 35 Pocket Calculator.
Incompetent People Really Have No Clue, Studies Find They're blind to own failings, others' skills (this is great!).
The History Of The CEO by Frederick Smoler: "CEO" Is Not A Synonym For Boss. Bosses Have Been Around Forever, But The Institution Of The Ceo-- Perhaps The Greatest American Contribution To Capitalism's Development--Is Not Even 150 Years Old. (no longer online)
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