The Road Ahead
Love him or loathe him, Mr Microsoft is certainly an influential voice in the modern business world and The Road Ahead is definitely an important addition to any business library. Gates’s description of the beginnings of the information age, while somewhat over-emphasizing his own contributions and downplaying those of his competitors, is nonetheless as clear and enlightening as any in print today. Likewise, his view of the digital future–from hardware to software and education to entertainment
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Bill Gates (Biography (a & E))
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Fascinating,
Superb, excellent, this book really captures the mind. Gates shows how intelligent he is with some of his predictions, which will make our lives easier and safer. May of his predictions are suddenly creeping into the market place.In the book Gates describes how technology has advanced, and of course how he thinks it will further advance. He explains things simply and clearly. The beggining of the book is not to great, but the rest of the book is excellent. As gates says at the beggining of the book, ‘ anyone who is expecting a biography of Bill Gates has choosen the wrong book’.This is true, Gates is simply acting as a philiosopher in the technological world.
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I had assumed this was the full book – it’s only the Pre-Intermediate level book and so this was only 48 pages long. It’s an extremely short version; this was my own fault for not checking but I thought I should just give you a heads-up.
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|Bill Gates – The Road Ahead,
I ordered this book from an Amazon seller for £1.29 used with free delivery. I have to say. The book came within a few days and was in good condition.
So Gates’ 1995 ‘predictions’ at the moment seem pretty accurate. I’m only a chapter in and he’s already mentioned applications’ which will act as tools to help us in our everyday lives. An example of this could be Iphone of Blackberry apps.
But I really like the balance between biographical elements and the message he is trying to convey. Certainly ‘the information highway’ he describes is much like today’s internet. Although some ideas seem strange, others are perfectly accurate.
I’d recommend this book to anyone who is interested in the future of technology. As other sellers have said, if you’re looking for a biography, you won’t get it, but something so much more inspiring and uplifting. It feels great to be reading the words (and thoughts) of the second richest man alive and I defy all people to read this, because, as Bill says, the future of technology, and technological advances will affect all of us.
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search for requiered book re Bill Gates proved easy and quick , found requiered book & ordered immediately. Book received very quickly & in condition described. Excellent service Thanks, well recommended
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