The Plot to Get Bill Gates

click here for more details, find new or used items	Gary Rivlin Our price £8.25 (£12.50) New from £8.22 Used from £0.05 Pages: 368 (Paperback) ISBN: 070438129X Pub: Quartet Books Pub date: 1999-08-01 Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 707721

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Entertaining read (0/0 people found this helpful)

I'm surprised at the one-star review comments, and wonder if those authors are not Micro$oft weenies. I found this book to be highly entertaining, quite funny although it doesn't seem to be written by an experienced professional. The writing style is quite refreshing in a way, Rivlin does not resort to stuffiness and presents his work in ways which geek and non-geek readers could understand. It's a pity there wasn't more information on Linux and Open Source which truly has Micro$oft running scared and this for me was the main disappointment. Had Rivlin included the infamous Halloween Documents (do a web search on that), I might have given this book a better review as the Halloween Docs present excellent facts on Micro$soft agenda.

Entertaining! (1/1 people found this helpful)

Another book about Bill Gates and his empire you might ask. That's the thought I had when I first saw this book. But dive deeper and you will read about other people whose lives depending on or competiting against Bill Gates et al, which are generously described in this book, from IBM to the Internet. A must read for those who wants to be kept updated on the fastest-growing industry.

Accurate + Timely + Fast Reading = Winner (0/0 people found this helpful)

You will feel like you were a fly on the walls for the past decade in the fast paced fields of computer software and the internet. While others have tackled this topic, Rivlin's strict attention to the details and facts, his unwillingness to be swayed by anecdotes, plus his ability to retell a story, make for a more enjoyable fast read on a variety of levels. These corporate leaders are not driven by altruistic pursuits for the betterment of mankind, these are businesses run by highly influential men driven by money, ego and power. I now chuckle at PR fluff stories about Gates, Ellison and McNeally in magazines and newspapers. This book is so timely it seems as if it was written days, not months ago - the author's conclusions are constantly being validated by the daily headlines. Can't wait for his next book! Enjoy it.

Makes sense of our strange new world (0/0 people found this helpful)

As a non-techy, TPTGBG pulled me in. The technical stuff is coherent, the personalities are drawn with plenty of detail but not obsessively so, and Rivlin makes a convincing case that technological innovations now are the province of intelligent but mostly immature egotists. Gates isn't evil, he just is the most extreme example of this breed. For better or (probably) worse.

A Great Read---- I Couldn't Put It Down Until I Finished ! (0/0 people found this helpful)

This book presents a well-written, witty, independent, and original view into the character and personality of Bill Gates, and also those of the high tech titans who hate (and envy) him. Lots of great anecdotes are weaved into this tale of Bill (aka "Moby Dick"), and his Captains Ahab: Ellison, McNealy, Doerr, Nader and their fellow co-conspirators. This book is a thorough, and thoroughly entertaining, work of reporting. I enjoyed it greatly, and recommend it.

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