Errata
The errata list is a list of errors and their corrections that were found after the product was released.
The following errata were submitted by our customers and have not yet been approved or disproved by the author or editor. They solely represent the opinion of the customer.
Color Key: Serious technical mistake Minor technical mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question Note Update
| Version | Location | Description | Submitted by | Date submitted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Page 71 End of 3rd paragraph |
The last sentence of the 3rd paragraph has a backslash before the period. |
LukeShu | Jun 01, 2010 | |
| Printed | Page 92 2nd paragraph |
On the 8th line of text: "time. Fredkin Came to love the hackers-- he could not speak their lan-" the third word should not be capitalized. |
ludovicus | Dec 16, 2010 |
| Page 147 3rd paragraph |
Twice in the paragraph, A left parenthesis is mix-matched with a right bracket. I believe that the correct marks would be a brackets. |
LukeShu | Jun 18, 2010 | |
| Printed | Page 147 2nd paragraph |
On the 12th line of text: "And (people pointed out that] some things we did were curious," |
ludovicus | Dec 16, 2010 |
| Printed | Page 157 2nd paragraph |
On the 6th line of the 2nd paragraph: the second word is "quality" shouldn't it be "qualify"? |
Anonymous | Dec 16, 2010 |
| Printed | Page 158 3rd paragraph |
4th line on the 3rd paragraph: "dismissed them as a modem version of the legendary panty radis" shouldn't it be "modern"? |
ludovicus | Dec 16, 2010 |
| Printed | Page 374 End of 2nd paragraph |
The book states "Gates wrote the IBM operating system", meaning PC-DOS. In fact, Microsoft bought the original DOS from Seattle Computer Products. Undoubtedly Microsoft modified and enhanced the purchased software, but the statement in the book is very misleading. I would guess that Gates himself never wrote a line of code for DOS. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS-DOS |
Roger House | Feb 23, 2017 |