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Summary: Just bill selling his business!
Review: i couldn't wait to read this book and did so in the first day i received it. what a dissapointment. i really felt that this book is bill's attempt at getting businesses to move technologically into the 21st century (this is not a bad thing). he doesn't give any real insights and many times you get the impression that he is just trying to give his twist to the bad things you have heard about microsoft (i.e., late getting on the internet, etc.). i was really let down. i did like his one chapter on education (short and not what the book was intended for, at least by the title). i would not recommend this book to anyone, especially business people. if they don't know they should move into the technological age, then they don't deserve to have their business survive!
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Summary: Surprisingly Good
Review: Spent 5 hours last night reading through the whole book and felt pretty upbeat about it. One could tell Gates was way behind the curve with The Road Ahead (first edition). In this book, he shows that he finally gets it: business activities are being significantly transformed by the Internet, and Microsoft has the products to help companies and consumers transact in the new economy. Good synthesis.
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Summary: Simply Great
Review: This is a great book for any company investing a huge money on IT. The practical examples given by Bill Gates are very useful. I also found lots of info., from Microsoft's IT showcase website for managing IT. Great book.
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Summary: Just shoot me
Review: The best comment for this book came from an editor at ZDNET. To paraphrase, "Faced with the prospect of having to re-read this book, I'd rather have my brain (gouged) out with a plastic fork."
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Summary: Fantastic! A truly enlightening book!
Review: Andrew Carnegie gave away most of his riches before he died. However, the greatest wealth he did give away was commissioning Napoleon Hill to write the book "Think and Grow Rich". The philoshophy which arose from this book helped thousands of individuals to prosper and refine a "results-oriented" mind set geared towards wooing the capitalist system into yielding its treasures.Bill Gates is attempting to empart his intellectual, common sense, and welath of knowledge in this book tailoring it for an automated electronic marketplace. This book is a must for any ambitious high-tech professional who refuses to accept "second best".
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Summary: useless
Review: If you like common-sense masquerading as "advice" and plenty of pointless tips, this book is for you. It's dry, boring, and outright stupid in parts. Save yourself the money.
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Summary: Boring, uninformative
Review: Nothing new, nothing revealing about Bill the person. Some very obvious advice about how to do business in the 'information age.'
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Summary: Insipid
Review: This book is packed with some of the most insipid, obvious statements imaginable: "...if you don't meet customer demands quickly enough, without sacrificing quality, a competitor will." No kidding? Too bad there's not an option for zero stars.
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Summary: Not worh it
Review: This book is a hopeless waste of trees. Its the type of stock you might put on your bookshelf to impress your boss, but quickly remove when he leaves your cube to keep from embarassing yourself in front of coworkers.
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Summary: Bill will be1st against the wall when the revolution comes
Review: Read this book to find out why. The book is quite dull. The ideas are what any ten year old can deduce when you explain what the internet is. Actually, it misses the point that the internet allows communities to grow and collective understanding to reach new levels. If you don't know much about Gates or microsoft then it would be an illuminating read. The few dollars you spend on this book may save you a whole lot more in the future :-)
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