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| '''Microserfs''' is a ] by ], published in 1995. | '''''Microserfs''''' is a ] by ], published in ] (see ]). | ||
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Factually, it is a study of two tiny, but globally significant subcultures of the ]: the lives of employees of ], the people that create the technology that sits on the majority of office desks in the world; we see the role of both technology and the personality of ] in their lives; and a continuation of the story of the same characters after they have moved to ] to work as a tiny ] company. We get an intimate view of this phenomenon - the struggle for capital and to get to the market first. | ||
| Thematically, the book explores ideas of identity, man's desire for independence, and above all, the desire to belong. | Thematically, the book explores ideas of identity, man's desire for independence, and above all, the desire to belong. | ||
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Microserfs is a novel by Douglas Coupland, published in 1995 (see 1995 in literature).
Factually, it is a study of two tiny, but globally significant subcultures of the 1990s: the lives of employees of Microsoft, the people that create the technology that sits on the majority of office desks in the world; we see the role of both technology and the personality of Bill Gates in their lives; and a continuation of the story of the same characters after they have moved to California to work as a tiny start-up company. We get an intimate view of this phenomenon - the struggle for capital and to get to the market first.
Thematically, the book explores ideas of identity, man's desire for independence, and above all, the desire to belong.