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The road ahead
by Bill Gates
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Bill Gates' 1995 analysis of the impact of information and computer technology on society and predictions about the future. Includes a great overview of ancient counting machines to mainframe big-iron to the dramatic changes of personal computing. Talks about the early years of Microsoft, Apple and Steve Jobs, DEC and Compaq, IBM and IBM compatibles. In addition, the importance of software and its complexity, power, and cost of production.
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The road ahead
1996, Penguin Books
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Yong bao wei lai: "zi xun gao su gong lu" wei lai xin lan tu
1996, Yuan liu chu ban gong si
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The Road Ahead
First published in 1995
Subjects
Information superhighway, Computer networks, Information technology, Computer industry, Telecommunication, Information superhighway -- United States, Large type books, Autobiografie, Computerindustrie, Geschichte, Technischer Fortschritt, Informationstechnik, DatenautobahnPlaces
United StatesWork Description
Bill Gates' 1995 analysis of the impact of information and computer technology on society and predictions about the future. Includes a great overview of ancient counting machines to mainframe big-iron to the dramatic changes of personal computing. Talks about the early years of Microsoft, Apple and Steve Jobs, DEC and Compaq, IBM and IBM compatibles. In addition, the importance of software and its complexity, power, and cost of production.
The road ahead
This edition was published in 1995 by Wheeler Pub. in Rockland, MA.
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