Software Development: Building Reliable Systems

Appendix D. How This Book Was Written

Given that this book is about software development and includes many sections on hardware, we thought some readers might be interested in what software and hardware was used to write this book. As with all good software, we will start by discussing the requirements. At the request of the series editor, all drafts had to be done in Microsoft Word. Of course this turned out to be somewhat of a dilemma for primary author Hamilton, who was one of the few people in the computer industry who didn't own a Windows PC. As with all difficult software challenges, however, an answer was found.

At home, where Hamilton wrote most of this book, he used a Power Macintosh 7500/100. Happily, he says, his daughter's school still ...