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Computing Calamities: Lessons Learned from Products, Projects and Companies that Failed (Paperback)

by Robert Glass (Author)
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  • Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Prentice Hall (8 Dec 1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0130828629
  • ISBN-13: 978-0130828620
  • Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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'When reading this book, youll often shake your head in disbelief at the stupidity that apparently intelligent people exhibit at times... In the end, however, you may learn some valuable lessons that will ensure that you are not featured in the books next edition!' - Peter G. Aitken, Visual Developer magazine

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In his follow-up to the best-selling Software Runaways, Robert Glass brings together 30 of the worst computer-industry failures of all time -- and shows how you can prevent disaster from happening to you. Computer Calamities is organized into six short sections, each featuring a collection of articles relating to a particular type of computer-industry disaster. All the biggest failures of the past decade are here: Cray's failed supercomputers; Citicorp's $600 million blunder; the collapse of Wang; the failure of the Commodore Amiga; Jim Manzi's Nets, Inc., Unisys' mismanaged Usoft, and dozens more. If you enjoyed (and learned from) Software Runaways, you'll love Computing Calamities.



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2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing rehash, 6 Jul 1999
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Most of the book is old articles copied from the trade press, with no effort to follow up! One would very much like to know what actually went wrong in these case studies of failure, but the author never exerts himself to find out.

In addition the author's prose is filled with redundancies, as if it had never been edited.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Not this author's best work, 11 Jan 1999
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Robert L. Glass writes well and usually has something interesting and useful to say, but he wrote only 15% of the pages in this book. The rest of it is articles from publications such as the Wall Street Journal, CIO Magazine, Information Week, Global Technology Business, and Business Week. If you're a regular reader of these publications, as I am, much of this book is quite literally old news. The lack of original material is a disappointment.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Work....like the last one, 7 Jan 1999
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Glass's book is an excellent & insightful book just like his previous book on software runaways. Having read academic and popular press literature on software risk & project risk with great interest, I would give this book 5 stars on its insightful organization. A MUST read for all of you folks suffering with lousy projects!
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