I read the book when it came out and it was indeed a great story. Kidder did a remarkable job explaining technical topics that even non-techies could understand. You could just feel the pressure the team was under to deliver.
The Eagle seemed like a neat design but I never encountered a DG machine of any kind in the various companies I worked for. VAXen seemed to be everywhere, Sun and other UNIX workstations followed only to be shoved to the side by PCs in the early 90s (except for some applications like CAD and that was only for a while). Funny how such a vibrant industry segment could die so quickly.
The Eagle seemed like a neat design but I never encountered a DG machine of any kind in the various companies I worked for. VAXen seemed to be everywhere, Sun and other UNIX workstations followed only to be shoved to the side by PCs in the early 90s (except for some applications like CAD and that was only for a while). Funny how such a vibrant industry segment could die so quickly.