Inside Out: Microsoft In Our Own Words

It began as a two-man startup in 1975. Now it's a $430 billion market-cap company operating in 70 countries with $19 billion in net revenue. In this comprehensive self-portrait, based on hundreds of interviews with the people who are Microsoft--including Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer, & Paul Allen--readers will learn the truth about such topics as: the Microsoft-Apple relationship, the Department of Justice accusations, management philosophy, revolutionary company culture, & what the future holds for this extraordinary company. Presented in an edgy, interactive format, Inside Out is a fascinating, educational, often humorous, & always eye-opening look at the venture whose success is unrivaled in business history. * Everything I Know About Business I Learned at Microsoft (Pocket Books, 1998) was written by a retired employee who was neither senior nor tenured, contained much less information, & still sold 100,000 copies. * Bill Gates' Business @ the Speed of Thought (Warner, 3/99) has sold over 350,000 hardcover copies & hit many bestseller lists. * The future of technology is a hot topic, evidenced by the success of Michael L. Dertouzos & Bill Gates' What Will Be (Harper San Francisco, 1997), Gates' The Road Ahead (Viking, 1995), which has sold over 2.5 million copies in all editions, & Nicholas Negroponte's Being Digital (Knopf, 1995). Similarly, titles chronicling the early days of the software industry are also big sellers, including How the Web Was Won (Microsoft Press, 1998), edited by Cerise Vablais, & James Wallace & Jim Erickson's Hard Drive (John Wiley & Sons, 1992). * To commemorate its anniversary in 9/00, Microsoft will stage a 25-hour event broadcast by satellite featuring interviews with Bill Gates & Steve Ballmer.Microsoft Official Academic Course Staff is the author of 'Inside Out: Microsoft In Our Own Words' with ISBN 9780446527392 and ISBN 0446527394.