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The sequel that picks up Microsoft’s story at maximum drama. Overdrive: Bill Gates and the Race to Control Cyberspace by James Wallace is the gripping follow-up to the bestselling Hard Drive — the Microsoft story continued just as the stakes exploded.
When Wallace last wrote about Gates, Microsoft was a software upstart. In Overdrive, the stakes are unrecognizable: the breakup of the IBM alliance, the battle over OS/2, the runaway success of Windows, and the rise of a digital frontier nobody yet fully understands. At the center stands Gates — brilliant, relentless, and determined to put Microsoft at the heart of cyberspace.
Drawing on insider accounts and painstaking reporting, Wallace captures the rivalries, the boardroom gambles, and the culture of a company that believed it could out-think everyone — while regulators begin circling a company growing more powerful by the month. For readers fascinated by technology, business, and the personalities that shaped the modern world, this remains an essential, fast-paced chronicle of Microsoft’s wildest years.
Before the internet became the internet, one man set out to control the road to it. Overdrive: Bill Gates and the Race to Control Cyberspace by James Wallace is the gripping sequel to the bestselling Hard Drive, picking up the Microsoft story at a moment of maximum drama.
When Wallace last wrote about Gates, Microsoft was a software upstart. In Overdrive, the stakes have exploded: the breakup of the IBM alliance, the battle over OS/2, the runaway success of Windows, and the rise of a digital frontier nobody yet fully understands. At the center of it all stands Gates — brilliant, relentless, and determined to put Microsoft at the heart of cyberspace.
Drawing on insider accounts and painstaking reporting, Wallace captures the rivalries, the boardroom gambles, and the culture of a company that believed it could out-think everyone. The book also foreshadows the scrutiny to come, as regulators begin circling a company growing more powerful by the month.
For readers fascinated by technology, business, and the personalities that shaped the modern world, Overdrive remains an essential, fast-paced chronicle of Microsoft’s wildest years.
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