1998, ISBN: 0805057544

[ED: Hardcover/gebunden], [PU: Henry Holt and Company], Zustand siehe Bild/Bilder. Zusätzlich: Ecken und Kanten leicht bestoßen. Seiten und Buchschnitt leicht abgedunkelt. “Bill … Mehr…

[ED: Hardcover/gebunden], [PU: Henry Holt and Company], Zustand siehe Bild/Bilder. Zusätzlich: Ecken und Kanten leicht bestoßen. Seiten und Buchschnitt leicht abgedunkelt. “Bill Gates will love this book. Bill Gates will hate this book. This insider’s tale of survival at Microsoft makes a strong argument that the U.S. Department of Justice has no antitrust case against them—but only because antitrust requires intent, and intent suggests strategic thinking. This convenient defense also comes at some cost, derived, as it is, from a view of the world's richest man as technically out of touch and groping his way blindly through business—not the image of Bill Gates-as-Superman that Microsoft PR has spent nearly two decades trying to project. Chairman Bill, it turns out, is just like the rest of us. I love it!” —Robert X. Cringely, author of Accidental Empires and host of the PBS series Triumph of the Nerds “If you ever doubted that Microsoft plays to win, or ever wondered how they do it, you'll learn a lot from this lively memoir that takes us inside the walls at Redmond. In the press we see what Microsoft wants the world to know. Here, the programmers in the trenches let us in on how they see it.” — Howard Rheingold, author of The Virtual Community “A fascinating, smartly written insider's perspective. Marlin Eller and Jennifer Edstrom paint a vivid, entertaining picture of how the gears are turned inside the mighty Microsoft machine.” —Lise Buyer, Wall Street technology analyst In the past fifteen years Bill Gates has evolved from Hightech Poster Boy to Richest Man in the World; more recently, he has emerged as the Embattled Corporate Leader in the signal industry of our time. But only now, in this insider’s account, do we get beyond those brilliantly crafted images to unearth the real story of Gates’s Microsoft, told not by the suits, the flacks, or the lawyers, but by the people who actually design the software and write the code. From the epoch-making 1983 Las Vegas launch of Windows to the ongoing Internet Explorer v. Netscape antitrust suit, this “developer's eye view” sets the record straight on any number of hotly debated—and often hotly litigated—turning points in the short but colorful history of the Information Age. The federal courts have been trying for months to figure out just how interrelated - or unrelated - Windows 95 and Internet Explorer truly are, the larger issue being whether or not Microsoft violated antitrust laws. Gates has told his version of events in court and before the U.S. Senate. But here, through exhaustive interviews with Microsoft developers—some tape-recorded just days before the Justice Department announced their inquiry—we get Windows developers talking with complete abandon, describing the actual play-by-play. How did Microsoft miss the Internet boat in the first place, letting Netscape capture the lead in Web browsers? How exactly did they—or didn't they’—rip off the Macintosh in the development of the Windows interface? What's the real story„—the truth that eluded even GO Corporation CEO Jerry Kaplan in his own book—of how Microsoft came from behind in pen computing to drive GO out of business? And how did Microsoft get all those “Windows” pillowcases all over Las Vegas in their first, half-million-dollar launch of the product that didn't exist? Truth is decidedly stranger than a press release or a carefully worded court document, and here we get the funny, offbeat story of life inside the belly of the beast, following the circuitous path of one central figure, former Microsoft developer Marlin Eller. The picture that emerges of Gates and company is certainly not the apotheosis of innovation his admirers see, nor is it purely the “evil empire” seen by his competitors. In fact it has more the feel of a Dilbert cartoon, except for one crucial fact: Microsoft’ hold on an invaluable core asset that they can, and do, wield like a club against any and all competitors. JENNIFER EDSTROM, a journalist, is the daughter of longtime Microsoft PR guru Pam Edstrom, also known as “Gates’s Keeper.” MARLIN ELLER was from 1982 to 1995 Microsofts lead developer for g, DE, [SC: 2.75], leichte Gebrauchsspuren, gewerbliches Angebot, 256, [GW: 514g], Banküberweisung, PayPal, Selbstabholung und Barzahlung, Internationaler Versand, [CT: Englischsprachige Bücher / Computer (englisch)]<

1998, ISBN: 9780805057546

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Henry Holt & Company, 1998. Fine in Fine jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Cover, interior and dustjacket show minor wear.. Hard Cover. Fine/… Mehr…

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Henry Holt & Company, 1998. Fine in Fine jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Cover, interior and dustjacket show minor wear.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine., Henry Holt & Company, 1998, 5<

ISBN: 9780805057546

Holt & Company, Henry. Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects., Holt & Company, Henry, 3