In 1983, Microsoft had the massive good fortune to supply the DOS operating
system or “plumbing” for IBM’s Personal Computer. In 1990, the companies fell
out and Microsoft went on to rule the world with Windows. No great secrets are
revealed in The Microsoft Way by Randall Stross, but here is a useful other view
of the events that are making Bill Gates the richest man in the
Universe—and the person PC users love to hate when their systems crash.
Published by Little, Brown, £18.99, ISBN 0316883182.
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