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PRAISE FOR "What a sweet book this is---so shrewd about the larger-than-life personalities who rule the world of computer software; so joyously written; so filled with both rollicking tales of the software wars and powerful insights about the nature of high-tech competition. I learned far more than I thought I would from reading The Plot to Get Bill Gates. And I had an awfully good time doing so." "In gripping, fast-paced style, Gary Rivlin takes us inside the business battle of the new century, the relentless pursuit of Bill Gates by his powerhouse rivals. With meticulous detail and keen intellectual independence, Rivlin takes us on an amusing and provocative trip inside the world of Gates and various anti-Gates conspiracies. Rivlin is a resourceful reporter, a passionate writer, and a marvelous storyteller who offers a fresh and exciting look at today's cyber-barons." "Gary Rivlin does for the nineties what Tom Wolfe's Radical Chic and Mau-Mauing the Flak-Catchers did for the sixties, memorably chronicling the pretension and foibles of era-defining individuals with a very sharp quill. The Plot to Get Bill Gates combines impressive reporting, original analysis, and a keen eye for telling details that illuminate a larger story of mass obsession. This is Melville updated for our times, with a Politically Incorrect twist of humor." |
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