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Daniel Ichbiah

The Making of Microsoft: How Bill Gates and His Team Created the World's Most Successful Software Company

by Daniel Ichbiah (Author), Susan Knepper (Author) Format: Hardcover

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Traces the story of Bill Gates and the software company he founded, Microsoft, which revolutionized the computer industry

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320 pages
Language

English
Publisher

Prima Lifestyles
Publication date

August 5, 1991
Dimensions

5.91 x 0.98 x 8.66 inches
ISBN-10

1559580712
ISBN-13

978-1559580717

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This English edition of Ichbiah's Les nouveaux magiciens (1989) (adapted by Knepper) tells the story of Microsoft's founder and self-made billionaire against the background of the U.S. software and computer industry. Gates, a computer genius since childhood, and Paul Allen formed the computer software firm in 1975. Eleven years later, the company went public. The authors describe the personal computer and software industry and roles of leading companies IBM, Apple, Compaq, Lotus, and WordPerfect. The informative appendixes provide a description of versions of DOS; key dates in Microsoft's history; and a glossary of technical terms, people, and companies. Highly recommended to business collections. Libraries building a collection on the computer industry should also purchase Sandra Kurtzig and Tom Parker's recent CEO: Building a $400 Million Company from the Ground Up ( LJ 5/1/91).
- Lucy Heckman, St. John's Univ. Lib., Jamaica, N.Y.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Prima Lifestyles
Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 5, 1991
Edition ‏ : ‎ First Edition
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1559580712
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1559580717
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.25 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.91 x 0.98 x 8.66 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #3,300,508 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #3,058 in History of Technology
- #9,395 in Popular Culture in Social Sciences
- #90,957 in Computers & Technology (Books)
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Daniel Ichbiah

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Writer, composer and musicien, Daniel Ichbiah is the author of many successful books.

* Les 4 vies de Steve Jobs (more than 20 000 copies). A french biography of Steve Jobs published in 4 countries.

* La saga des jeux vidéos (5 editions - more than 14 000 copies). Saga of videogames

* Bill Gates et la saga de Microsoft (1995 - 200 000 ex.). A biography of Bill Gates published in some 15 countries including USA.

* Solfège (2003 - around 100 000 ex.). A music notation learning method.

* Dictionnaire des instruments de musique (2004 - more than 22 000 ex.). A dictionary of musical instruments.

* Enigma (2005 - 10 000 ex.). Books on enigmas.

* Biographies of Madonna, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Coldplay, Georges Brassens, rock hits, and french artists such as Téléphone (Jean-Louis Aubert), George Brassens...

4 books of Daniel Ichbiah have been published internationally : Les 4 vies de Steve Jobs, Bill Gates et la saga de Microsoft, Robots genèse d'un peuple artificiel, Comment Google mangera le monde

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Ecrivain, auteur-compositeur et musicien, Daniel Ichbiah est l'auteur de plusieurs livres à succès.

* Les 4 vies de Steve Jobs (plus de 20 000 exemplaires)

* La saga des jeux vidéo (5 éditions : 14 000 ex.)

* Bill Gates et la saga de Microsoft (1995 - 200 000 ex.),

* Solfège (2003 - proche de 100 000 ex.). Très régulièrement dans le Top 100 de Amazon.

* Dictionnaire des instruments de musique (2004 - plus de 22 000 ex.),

* Sauver la Terre (2007 - 19 000 ex.),

* Enigma (2005 - 10 000 ex.)

* Des biographies de Madonna, les Beatles, Téléphone (Jean-Louis Aubert), les Rolling Stones, Coldplay, Georges Brassens, saga des hits du rock...

Quatre livres de Daniel Ichbiah ont été publiés dans plusieurs pays : Les 4 vies de Steve Jobs, Bill Gates et la saga de Microsoft, Robots genèse d'un peuple artificiel, Comment Google mangera le monde

Daniel Ichbiah est aussi rédacteur en chef de la revue 'Comment ça marche'