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Title: Barbarians Led by Bill Gates by Jennifer Edstrom, Marlin Eller ISBN: 0-8050-5754-4 Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, Inc. Pub. Date: 15 August, 1998 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $23.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.97 (60 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: Barberians Led by Bill Gates
Comment: I feel sorry for author. Dennis Welt BC Canada
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent Attack On MS From An Insider
Comment: An insider's account of the development of windows and related events, Barbarians is excellent reading. It explodes the right wing fetish about the genius of Bill Gates, and nullifies the equally baseless conservative notion that huge bureaucratic enterprises are efficient, as long as they are private. It is also quite revealing of the dangers of allowing the monopolistic practices of any business to remain unchallenged. The thuggish tactics of Microsoft, from it's days as a IBM toady to it's genesis as Corporate bully number one, coupled with the mindless greed, the idea theft and the thick headed stupidity of the Microsoft upper management reveal the true nature of the corporate capitalist state. Worse for Chairman Bill, the book cannot be dismissed as the sour grapes ranting of unhappy competitors since Eller made millions as a Microsoft software developer and Edstrom is the daughter of one of MS' chief PR goons. Barbarians should be read by fans and foes of Microsoft alike, if for no other reason than to witness the alienation and frustration of all corporate employees, even those that are millionaires. Death to the corporate state.
Rating: 4
Summary: Barbarians Led by Bill Gates
Comment: The book was a well written account, some other titles which may be of interest are; 'hackers' by Steven Levy, 'Fire in the Valley: The making of the Personal Computer', 'Pirates of Silicon Valley' (movie). Reading/viewing these titles before 'Barbarians Led by Bill Gates' will provide a good chronology.
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Title: Hard Drive : Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire by James Wallace, Jim Erickson ISBN: 0887306292 Publisher: HarperBusiness Pub. Date: 26 May, 1993 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Overdrive: Bill Gates and the Race to Control Cyberspace by James Wallace ISBN: 0471180416 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: May, 1997 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Microsoft Way: The Real Story of How the Company Outsmarts Its Competition by Randall E. Stross ISBN: 020132797X Publisher: Perseus Publishing Pub. Date: September, 1997 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: The Plot to Get Bill Gates by Gary Rivlin ISBN: 0812930061 Publisher: Crown Business Pub. Date: 29 June, 1999 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Breaking Windows: How Bill Gates Fumbled the Future of Microsoft by David Bank ISBN: 0743203151 Publisher: Free Press Pub. Date: 13 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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