Pride Before the Fall: The Trials of Bill Gates and the End of the Microsoft Era [Signed]

Heilemann, John

ISBN 10: 0066621178 / ISBN 13: 9780066621173

Published by HarperCollins, 2001

About this Item

Hardcover with DJ. Half-bound red paper-covered boards and black paper-covered spine with gilt lettering on the spine. Red pictorial DJ of Bill Gates, with white lettering on the front cover and spine. Signed by the author, John Heilemann, on the front free endpaper. No date on title page. Copyright page dated 2001. Stated first edition. 246 pages. Interiors are clean and unmarked. A very good copy.

Seller Inventory # 19-1998

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Pride Before the Fall: The Trials of Bill Gates and the End of the Microsoft Era [Signed]
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0066621178
• ISBN 13: 9780066621173
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

Reveals how a group of business rivals persuaded the U.S. government to indict Microsoft for monopolistic practices, chronicles the ensuing trial, and discusses the damage it has inflicted on the first business empire of the Information Age.

Reviews

HNavigating the myriad twists and turns of the landmark antitrust suit against Microsoft, Heilemann forges a gripping, breakneck account of contemporary law applied to business conduct, peopled with rival visionaries, guardians of the public interest and brilliant trial lawyers. A former staff writer for the New Yorker and the Economist, Heilemann covered the case as a special correspondent for Wired in November; this is an expanded version of that extensive article. Having gained the trust of almost every major player, Heilemann vividly depicts the adversaries and their positions. In July 2000, Bill Gates told him, "We believe that what we've done is absolutely pro-competitive, and it's our right to stick up for that." Joel Klein, the Justice Department's assistant attorney general during the trial, is equally forthcoming: "What we found in Microsoft was a serious pattern of practices and behavior that... was predatory, lawless, and indefensible." Heilemann's insight into the legal process and his analysis of Gates's videotaped deposition, overseen by chief government counsel David Boies (now representing Vice-President Gore on ballot issues), are themselves worth the price of admission. Wherever readers' sympathies lie, Heilemann's careful timeline illuminates the points at which the case could have been settled. With journalistic panache, Heilemann explicates the reasons that both sides chose to await the ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals in spring 2001. (Jan. 23) Forecast: A major marketing campaign including national print and broadcast coverage as well as author appearances in West Coast cities will raise this title's profile. Display alongside U.S. v. Microsoft: The Inside Story of the Landmark Case by New York Times reporters Joel Brinkley and Steve Lohr could draw people to both titles, with the edge probably going to Heilemann's book.
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