Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire - Couverture rigide

Wallace, James; Erickson, Jim

 
9780471568865: Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0471568864 ISBN 13 : 9780471568865
Editeur : John Wiley & Sons Inc, 1992

Synopsis

The true story of how a young American student devised a computer program, known as the Microsoft Disk Operating System, or MS-DOS, which rapidly become an industry standard. The book also traces the subsequent evolution of Bill Gates' business empire, which turned him into a multi-millionaire.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The true story behind the rise of a tyrannical genius, how he
transformed an industry, and why everyone is out to get him.

In this fascinating exposé, two investigative reporters trace the hugely successful career of Microsoft founder Bill Gates. Part entrepreneur, part enfant terrible, Gates has become the most powerful -- and feared -- player in the computer industry, and arguably the richest man in America. In Hard Drive, investigative reporters Wallace and Erickson follow Gates from his days as an unkempt thirteen-year-old computer hacker to his present-day status as a ruthless billionaire CEO. More than simply a "revenge of the nerds" story though, this is a balanced analysis of a business triumph, and a stunningly driven personality. The authors have spoken to everyone who knows anything about Bill Gates and Microsoft -- from childhood friends to employees and business rivals who reveal the heights, and limits, of his wizardry. From Gates's singular accomplishments to his equally extraordinary brattiness, arrogance, and hostility (the atmosphere is so intense at Microsoft that stressed-out programmers have been known to ease the tension of their eighty-hour workweeks by exploding homemade bombs), this is a uniquely revealing glimpse of the person who has emerged as the undisputed king of a notoriously brutal industry.

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Éditeur
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Date d'édition
1992
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0471568864
ISBN 13 
9780471568865
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
432
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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