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The road ahead

, Volume 1
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Viking, Nov 12, 1995 - Business & Economics - 286 pages
CD-ROM includes the complete book text with hundreds of multimedia hyperlinks, a special interview with Bill Gates, video demonstrations of future technology, a World Wide Web browser, and more. The Bill Gates interview can also be heard using your audio CD player.

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It's 2013 reading this now when the information is obsolete isn't great but seeing how a visionary thinks is awesome. Read full review

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Contents

A Revolution Begins
1
The Beginning of the Information
20
Lessons from the Computer Industry
35
Copyright

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TitleThe road ahead, Volume 1
The Road Ahead, Nathan Myhrvold
AuthorsBill Gates, Nathan Myhrvold, Peter Rinearson
Editionrevised
PublisherViking, 1995
ISBN0670772895, 9780670772896
Length286 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Business & Economics / General
Computer industry
Computer networks
Computer networks/ United States
Computers / General
Computers / Social Aspects / General
Computers and civilization
Digital communications
Information networks
Information superhighway
Information superhighway/ United States
Information technology
Information technology/ United States
Internet
Social Science / Future Studies
Telecommunication
United States
  
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