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About the book
Name of the book :- Microsoft Rebooted
Author – Robert Slater
Publisher – Penguin group
No. of pages – 257
About the author – Robert Slater
Born on October, 1943 in New York City
Graduated from University of Pennsylvania
Worked for UPI and Time Magazine in US and Middle east
Written a lot of books on management personalities. Some of them are: Jack Welch and the GE Way , The Wal-Mart Decade.
UNITED STATES VS MICROSOFT 1998- 2001
US antitrust law case,
Microsoft accused of becoming a monopoly and engaging in abusive practices.
Internet explorer(IE ) + Microsoft Windows operating system - ?
Continued….
Claimed the combination is of innovation and competition.
Settlement - Microsoft to share its application programming interfaces with third-party companies and appoint a panel of three people who will have full access to Microsoft's systems, records, and source code for five years in order to ensure compliance
Bill Gates and Steve BallmerTheir relationship starts from their Harvard days.
A unique partnership.
Odd couple
The changes - Steve BallmerPutting the start-up to bed. (26 yrs)
Becoming more attuned to customers.
A little less zeal
Explaining itself better.
Discipline revolution
The changes – Bill GatesA synonymous name.
The company trust his instincts.
He focused on technology.
Think week
Bill and Melinda Gates foundation.
The review An excellent case study as far as management study is considered
o Bringing about change in the organization
o Dual leadership
The author does not bore his readers with exhaustive jargons of technology.
He keeps the interest held through a story format.
It depicts the reality that no man is perfect and every one commits mistake but what is important is to learn from it and adapt accordingly.