[vcf-midatlantic] Tracy Kidder, author of "The Soul of a New Machine", dead at 80

Some list members surely remember--and may have been profoundly influenced by--reading "The Soul of a New Machine" (1981) by Tracy Kidder. It influenced me. Tracy died this past week at 80. His book won the 1982 National Book Award for Nonfiction and a Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction, and was about two competing Data General 32-bit minicomputer design groups in the 1970's developing machines to challenge DEC's VAX minicomputers. It's an enthralling read. If you're not going to read the book, at least read the Wikipedia entry for it (below.) https://apnews.com/article/tracy-kidder-death-writer-soul-new-machine-fc0f1d... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Soul_of_a_New_Machine -bernieS