Book Review: Hard Drive Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire By James Wallace & Jim Erickson

Today I am reviewing a Bill Gates biography called Hard Drive , Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire,  by James Wallace & Jim Erickson.

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 From birth to rise of fame Bill Gates has done many things, improved a lot, and created a lot. In 6 chapters James Wallace and Jim Erickson have noted his entire life from Birth to Billionaire. Bill Gates was born into a upper-middle class life in Oregon. He went to ordinary schools but ended up in Harvard. He then began to write a version of BASIC(Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) for the first major computers, like the Altair, to make them run properly. In this process he met his would be employees, and partners in his new business Microsoft. He created Microsoft to professionally program software for new laptop brands. Through various ways he create his own laptop OS company Windows, and also ended up creating Microsoft Office applications. As he goes in and out with new products and new versions he also must battle against copyrights and law suits, many which can be impossible to negotiate. Soon he must also discover the limit to his company's value, and also deal with selling company stocks. In this one-of-a-kind biography anyone will be sure to have a good deal of laughs, and a lot of understanding.