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Gates : how Microsoft's mogul reinvented an industry and made himself the richest man in America / Stephen Manes and Paul Andrews.

By: Manes, Stephen, 1949-Contributor(s): Andrews, Paul, 1949-Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Simon and Schuster, c1994. Edition: 1st Touchstone edDescription: xiv, 541 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 0671880748; 9780671880743Subject(s): Businesspeople -- United States -- Biography | Computer software industry -- United States -- HistoryDDC classification: 920.71 LOC classification: HD9696.C62 | G336 1994Online resources: WorldCat details
Contents:
TOC "Think smart!" -- Logging in -- Open for business -- Programming unlimited -- Hardcore! -- Up and running -- Thieves in our midst! -- New Mexican standoff -- Farewell to the desert -- We sell promises -- Playing chess -- DOS capital -- The reality distortion field -- A competitive person -- Natural monopoly -- The smart guys -- The software factory -- Growing panes -- Actually in hell -- Slow burn -- Shark frenzy -- "We damn well can!" -- Storming the Gates -- In every home -- "We were packages" -- Look and feel -- You can make it happen! -- How the sunshine works -- A date with Bill -- Homefront -- An infinite amount of money.
Summary: Summary: Manes and Andrews reveal the guiding genius behind information technology and software such as Windows which have become such universal standards, including a bracing, comprehensive review of the industry and its goals, and how Bill Gates lead his company now and into the future.
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Reserve Section 		Non-fiction 920.71 MAG 1994 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C-1 Not For Loan 4372
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"A Touchstone book."

Includes bibliographical references (p. [520]-522) and index.

TOC "Think smart!" --
Logging in --
Open for business --
Programming unlimited --
Hardcore! --
Up and running --
Thieves in our midst! --
New Mexican standoff --
Farewell to the desert --
We sell promises --
Playing chess --
DOS capital --
The reality distortion field --
A competitive person --
Natural monopoly --
The smart guys --
The software factory --
Growing panes --
Actually in hell --
Slow burn --
Shark frenzy --
"We damn well can!" --
Storming the Gates --
In every home --
"We were packages" --
Look and feel --
You can make it happen! --
How the sunshine works --
A date with Bill --
Homefront --
An infinite amount of money.

Summary:
Manes and Andrews reveal the guiding genius behind information technology and software such as Windows which have become such universal standards, including a bracing, comprehensive review of the industry and its goals, and how Bill Gates lead his company now and into the future.

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