- Paperback: 48 pages
- Publisher: Longman; 1 edition (3 Mar 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0582402115
- ISBN-13: 978-0582402119
- Product Dimensions: 19 x 12.4 x 0.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 749,267 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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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--should be read and studied by all who use technology in their business today or plan to use it on the road ahead.
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What is the information highway? How will the new technology change our lives?
The Road Ahead is Bill Gates' vision of the future. In it he describes how he thinks the revolution of the information age will change the way we buy, work, learn and communicate with each other.
Bill Gates has built the Microsoft Corporation into one of the most successful companies in the world. His book is an optimistic look at how new technologies will transform the way we live.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fascinating,
By andy352@hotmail.com (United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Road Ahead (Paperback)
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.
6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good Book but...,
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This review is from: The Road Ahead (Penguin Readers Pre-Intermediate Level) (Paperback)
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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Good read,
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This review is from: The Road Ahead (Hardcover)
A nice little read which gives insight into Gates and his early work which is both inspiring and amazing. Would 100% recommend
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