The road ahead
Edición de la obra The Road Ahead
| Autor | Bill Gates |
|---|---|
| Editorial | Penguin Books |
| Fecha de publicación | 1996 |
| Lugar | New York |
| Idioma | inglés |
| Páginas | 332 |
| ISBN-10 | 0140260404 |
| OCLC | 35908629 |
| LCCN | 96220439 |
| Número de Cutter | G259r |
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.