| Publication |
Great Britain, Hodder Wayland, 2001.
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| Description |
48pWhite Spine
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| Series |
Famous Lives
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| Summary/Abstract |
Describes the story of a computer-mad teenager who'd work through the night on a diet of pizza and coke to develop the multi-million dollar company, Microsoft and take on and defeat the established IBM. Also describes the establishment of Gates' own charity which is set to become the biggest benefactor in history.
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| Contents |
Launchpad
Early life
School
Computers before Gates
The Lakeside programmers
Harvard
The revolution begins
Blazing a trail
Micro-soft
Fighting spirit
The big break
The appliance of science
Computer wars
Windows
Marriage to Melinda
The world's richest man
The Lakeside home
Getting a life
Getting it wrong
Distributing the fortune
The shape of things to come
Glossary
Date chart
Furthur information
Index
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| Standard Number |
750238836 Pb.
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