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It's Not a Bug, It's a Feature!: Computer Wit and Wisdom
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Author(s)David Lubar
PublisherAddison-Wesley Professional
ISBN / ASIN0201483041
ISBN-139780201483048
AvailabilityUsually ships in 24 hours
Sales Rank3,837,590
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
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This is a handy collection of pithy quotations about computers: advice, put-downs, off-the-mark predictions, and other snippets from experts such as Steve Jobs, Ted Nelson, Thomas J. Watson, George Bush, and Duckman. Anyone who writes, speaks, or thinks about computers is sure to find at least a few useful tidbits for their work in this book: