The Road Ahead
by Bill Gates, Nathan Myhrvold, Peter Rinearson
Information superhighwayComputer networksInformation technologyComputer industryTelecommunication
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Open LibraryAbout this book
Bill Gates' 1995 analysis of the impact of information and computer technology on society and predictions about the future. Includes a great overview of ancient counting machines to mainframe big-iron to the dramatic changes of personal computing. Talks about the early years of Microsoft, Apple and Steve Jobs, DEC and Compaq, IBM and IBM compatibles. In addition, the importance of software and its complexity, power, and cost of production.
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Information superhighwayComputer networksInformation technologyComputer industryTelecommunicationInformation superhighway -- United States
Setting
United StatesÉtats-Unis
About the authors
Bill Gates
28 October 1955
American businessman, investor, philanthropist, and writer best known for co-founding the software company Microsoft with his childhood friend Paul Allen
Peter Rinearson
1954
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