Synopses & Reviews
Teamed with the daughter of one of Bill Gates's closest associates, thirteen- year Microsoft veteran Marlin Eller illuminates every step along Gates's route to world domination and to Microsoft's current headline-making federal antitrust case, making all that's been written before seem like a rough guess. Revealing the smoke-and- mirror deals, the launching of products that didn't exist, and the boneyard of once-thriving competitors targeted by the Gates juggernaut, this book demonstrates with often hilariously damning detail the Microsoft muddle that passes for strategic direction, offset by Gates's uncanny ability to come from behind to crush whoever is winning. Edstrom and Eller's unrivaled access to key players and their ability to get them to tell the real story makes for a rollicking roller-coaster ride of narrative journalism.
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"Edstrom and Eller dish up the dirt. . . . " (The New York Times Book Review)
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"Edstrom and Eller dish up the dirt. . . . " (The New York Times Book Review)
"Like the people who populate the book, [Barbarians Led by Bill Gates] is moving, smart, and occasionally profane." (USA Today)
About the Author
Jennifer Edstrom is the daughter of Gates's Keeper, Pam Edstrom, Microsoft's PR guru since 1982. Marlin Eller was from 1982 to 1995 principal architect of Windows, the development lead on Pen Windows, and central to Microsoft's first foray into Internet communications.