Author : Jennifer Edstrom
Publisher : Holt Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 9780805057553
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (575 download)
Book Synopsis Barbarians Led by Bill Gates: Microsoft From The Inside by : Jennifer Edstrom
Download or read book Barbarians Led by Bill Gates: Microsoft From The Inside written by Jennifer Edstrom and published by Holt Paperbacks. This book was released on 1999-06-30 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teamed with the daughter of one of Bill Gates's closest associates, thirteen- year Microsoft veteran Marlin Eller illuminates every step along Gates's route to world domination and to Microsoft's current headline-making federal antitrust case, making all that's been written before seem like a rough guess. Revealing the smoke-and- mirror deals, the launching of products that didn't exist, and the boneyard of once-thriving competitors targeted by the Gates juggernaut, this book demonstrates with often hilariously damning detail the Microsoft muddle that passes for strategic direction, offset by Gates's uncanny ability to come from behind to crush whoever is winning. Edstrom and Eller's unrivaled access to key players and their ability to get them to tell the real story makes for a rollicking roller-coaster ride of narrative journalism.