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The road ahead  Cover Image Book Book

The road ahead / Bill Gates, with Nathan Myhrvold and Peter Rinearson.

Gates, Bill, 1955- (Author). Myhrvold, Nathan (Added Author). Rinearson, Peter, 1954- (Added Author).

Summary:

Bill Gates - whose vision of the personal computer propelled Microsoft into one of the world's leading companies - astonished the business community in 1996 by abruptly reinventing his entire company around the Internet. In this fully revised and updated edition of his bestseller, The Road Ahead, Gates explains why the Internet is revolutionizing not just Microsoft but everything else too - and at a faster pace than even he had anticipated. Gates describes the implications for everybody of a world connected by interactive computer networks, and addresses our most pressing questions.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0670772895 (alk. paper)
  • Physical Description: xiv, 286 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. + 1 computer laser optical disc (4 3/4 in.)
  • Publisher: New York : Viking, 1995.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:
A revolution begins -- The beginning of the information age -- Lessons from the computer industry -- Information appliances and applications -- From internet to highway -- The content revolution -- Business on the internet -- Friction-free capitalism -- Education: the best investment -- Plugged in at home -- The internet gold rush -- Critical issues.
System Details Note:
System requirements for accompanying computer disc: Microsoft Windows.
Subject: Information superhighway > United States
Information technology > United States
Computer networks > United States.
Telecommunication > United States
Computer industry > United States

Available copies

  • 6 of 6 copies available at Sage Library System.

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