A list of interesting real world software development stories.
http://www.panic.com/extras/audionstory/ Cabel Sasser - The true story of Audion
http://damienkatz.net/2005/01/formula-engine-rewrite.html Damien Katz - Formula Engine Rewrite
http://www.pacifict.com/Story/ Ron Avitzur - The Graphing Calculator Story
http://www.livejournal.com/users/ea_spouse/274.html ea_spouse - The Human Story
http://archive.eiffel.com/doc/manuals/technology/contract/ariane/page.html - The Lessons of Ariane
http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2005/9/27/95759/4240 - How IBM Conned My Execs Out Of Millions
http://www.benpoint.com/itdeathmarch.htm - Death March in an Information Technology Project
http://www.jamesshore.com/Change-Diary/ - Change Your Organization: A Diary
-- FrankSpychalski (This list was deleted from the wikipedia. I thought it might be appreciated here)