The Plot to Get BILL GATES

Author: Gary Rivlin
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
Publish Date: 2000-01-01
Features: An irreverent investigation of the world's richest man...and the people who hate him.
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"Exquisitely readable... one of the best books on new technology so far." — San Francisco Chronicle
Source: Excellent Net http://www.exvv.com
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To understand the magnitude of Bill Gates, one must understand the legions of people who are obsessed with him, in Silicon Valley and Seattle, on the Internet, in the media, and in Washington. In this irreverent work of comic nonfiction, acclaimed journalist Gary Rivlin strips away the puffery surrounding Bill Gates and other titans of high tech, many of whom suffer from varying degrees of Bill Envy. The result is a contemporary variation on Moby Dick in which a loosely knit cabal of Ahab-like enemies such as Lawrence Ellison of Oracle and Scott McNealy of Sun Microsystems attempt to harpoon the Great White Whale of Seattle. They war joined in their plot to get Bill by a memorable array of players, including Silicon Valley attorney Gary Reback, consumer activist Ralph Nader, former Novell CEO Ray Noorda, and webheads who love to hate Gates.