Biography: Bill Gates - Sultan

Starring: Bill Gates

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• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 733961707182
• Release Date: February 2014
• Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Publisher: A&E Home Video
• Starring: Bill Gates
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: multiple_formats
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 5.4" x 7.5" x 0.7"

Customer Reviews

Lots of spins, but worth the price

Biography Bill Gates: Sultan of Software S10.E36 The episode aired Feb 24, 1998 As with most of the "Biography" series, they put a heavy spin on their reporting. Luckily, it favors the subject. This starts with his grandparents and works its way down to almost this minute. The pictures and other visuals from living locations and friends help you understand what goes into making the Microsoft Empire. Unfortunately, it makes you think that Microsoft and IBM, who were both latecomers to the microcomputer field, are the only players in the microcomputer business. In reality, IBM was a latecomer and had its machine manufacturing farmed out because it had no expertise. They approached Digital Research for the operating system, as CP/M from Digital Research was the universal operating system for ALL small computers. You may want to look up books on CP/M before viewing this presentation. One book is "CP/M and the Personal Computer." Anyway, Digital Research did not trust IBM. So, IBM or Bill purchased a CP/M work-alike knockoff from a person down the street. Ever since the original purchase, they have incorporated UNIX work-alike code to change this MS-DOS system to a single-user UNIX work-alike. Now the system is convoluted with the addition of “Active Directory.”