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Summary: The preeminent book about Bill Gates and a young Microsoft
Review: The breadth of knowledge imparted by the authors for this book is exhaustive and expansive. Bill Gates became a billionaire when being a billionaire "meant something" and when becoming one was a major media event. Now paper billionaires and multimillionaires are so numerous, that crossing such a financial milestone has become rather passe'. Thanks to the quality content of GATES, the reader will become, if he or she is not already, quite competent in the language and the business of software (up until 1994 anyway). And the reader will also have an intimate look at the fascinating professional and personal life of the man responsible for creating the commerce of software, which is currently more than a $220 billion industry. Part scientist part ruthless businessman, Bill Gates is this generation's Henry Ford and Thomas Edison rolled into one. Some people may consider Gates more like a John D. Rockefeller than a Thomas Edison...but love 'em or hate 'em, you can't ignore him. This book is be a must-read for any aspiring or current entrepreneur.
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Summary: For any Gates fans, don't miss this book
Review: This book tell about Gates and his company quite detail. Any Gates's fans surely can trace how Gates built his company from zero to the top,step by step quite completely, through this book. Even this book maybe little bit confusing to read at first coz many technical names, this book is worth to be read. Just by looking the front cover and reading the first page, I think any Gates's fans like me will like this guy more.
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Summary: For any Gates fans, don't miss this book
Review: This book tell about Gates and his company quite detail. Any Gates's fans surely can trace how Gates built his company from zero to the top,step by step quite completely, through this book. Even this book maybe little bit confusing to read at first coz many technical names, this book is worth to be read. Just by looking the front cover and reading the first page, I think any Gates's fans like me will like this guy more.
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Summary: In-depth look at MSFT
Review: This is an in-depth account of Microsoft's "early" (i.e., pre-1995) days. First, let me say that I wish the authors had updated the book, since the computer business has gotten VERY fascinating since the launch of Windows 95, as the Internet seized the day and also as an intrusive DOJ started an effort to dismantle a 20-year-old company that had suddenly become America's Public Enemy No. 1. That said, this book provides excellent accounts of Bill Gates as a person and Bill Gates as Microsoft. The emphasis is on how Bill Gates ran Microsoft as a business, how he interfacted with his employees, business allies and competitors. If you are looking for information on how Windows 3.0 or Flight Simulator was designed, this is not the place. But if you want to know how Microsoft really got started, how Gates allegedly "screwed" Apple, or how Gates started dating Melinda French, you'll find it right here. Stephen Manes has been a long-time critic of Microsoft's producty quality (and rightly so, IMHO), and the book comes across as quite critical of Gates' business tactics ("bullying", "anti-competitive", etc.) and personal idiosyncracies (both selfish and selfless, intolerant, etc.). At the same time the authors show admiration for the Gator as a technical and business genius. But because the authors evidently believe that Microsoft has done lots of evil, every conflict Microsoft had with a competitor would be Microsoft's fault. In summary, this book is easy to read, generally objective (Gates was interviewed extensive for this "unauthorized" biography), and informative. I highly recommend it to anyone fascinated by Bill Gates and Microsoft.
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Summary: In-depth look at MSFT
Review: This is an in-depth account of Microsoft's "early" (i.e., pre-1995) days. First, let me say that I wish the authors had updated the book, since the computer business has gotten VERY fascinating since the launch of Windows 95, as the Internet seized the day and also as an intrusive DOJ started an effort to dismantle a 20-year-old company that had suddenly become America's Public Enemy No. 1. That said, this book provides excellent accounts of Bill Gates as a person and Bill Gates as Microsoft. The emphasis is on how Bill Gates ran Microsoft as a business, how he interfacted with his employees, business allies and competitors. If you are looking for information on how Windows 3.0 or Flight Simulator was designed, this is not the place. But if you want to know how Microsoft really got started, how Gates allegedly "screwed" Apple, or how Gates started dating Melinda French, you'll find it right here. Stephen Manes has been a long-time critic of Microsoft's producty quality (and rightly so, IMHO), and the book comes across as quite critical of Gates' business tactics ("bullying", "anti-competitive", etc.) and personal idiosyncracies (both selfish and selfless, intolerant, etc.). At the same time the authors show admiration for the Gator as a technical and business genius. But because the authors evidently believe that Microsoft has done lots of evil, every conflict Microsoft had with a competitor would be Microsoft's fault. In summary, this book is easy to read, generally objective (Gates was interviewed extensive for this "unauthorized" biography), and informative. I highly recommend it to anyone fascinated by Bill Gates and Microsoft.
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Summary: The most informative Bill Gates book out there!
Review: This is by far the most personal look at Bill Gates I've ever seen. It gives an insider's view of what it was really like to work for Microsoft in the early years. This includes everything from Bill's temper tantrums to his personal hygiene and old girlfriends. A must read for any Bill Gates follower!
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Summary: One of the best books I have ever read.
Review: This is one of my favorite books of all time - I have read it through twice, and I'm reading it again. It's so worn out that soon I will have to order a new one from amazon.com!
Seriously, this really is a great book. It's mind-boggling to think of what it took to get all the information contained in it. The book not only gives a complete history of the life of Bill Gates but also contains most of the history of the entire computer industry.
I reccomend this book to anyone who has any interest in computers at all
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Summary: More myth-making about Gates
Review: This is yet another in the long line of books that invents history to justify the wealth of a single individual. Gates never invented anything of significance in the software area or any other; he and his gang have bought, copied, or stolen virtually every software advance Microsoft has ever marketed. The only amazing thing about Gates and gang is their unfailing ability to produce and sell low-quality operating systems and software applications. No one will ever get at the full "real story" about Gates, and all these books do is boost the prominence of this late 20th-century version of the classic robber baron.
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Summary: An interesting account of Bill and the evolution of the PC
Review: This very readable book provides a candid overview of the rise of Bill Gates and Microsoft. I found it interesting and insightful. Like much of the material about "billg", I find it a little sycophantic -- but it is not over the top. Key success ingredients: early signs of selfishness, million dollar trust-fund from his grandfather (which no doubt provided safety and leverage at the start), an early passion for an incredibly important technology at the critical period and a shrewd, single-mindedness. I suspect Bill is not a particularly compassionate, polite, happy or fair person -- however I bet he is really efficient!
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Summary: An interesting account of Bill and the evolution of the PC
Review: This very readable book provides a candid overview of the rise of Bill Gates and Microsoft. I found it interesting and insightful. Like much of the material about "billg", I find it a little sycophantic -- but it is not over the top. Key success ingredients: early signs of selfishness, million dollar trust-fund from his grandfather (which no doubt provided safety and leverage at the start), an early passion for an incredibly important technology at the critical period and a shrewd, single-mindedness. I suspect Bill is not a particularly compassionate, polite, happy or fair person -- however I bet he is really efficient!
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