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  <title><![CDATA[The Road Ahead]]></title>
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  <default-description>Love him or loathe him, Mr. Microsoft is certainly an influential voice in the modern business world and &lt;i&gt;The Road Ahead&lt;/i&gt; is definitely an important addition to any business library. Gates' description of the beginnings of the information age, while somewhat over-emphasizing his own contributions and downplaying those of his competitors, is nonetheless as clear and enlightening as any in print today. Likewise, his view of the digital future--from hardware to software and education to entertainment--should be read and studied by all who use technology in their business today or plan to use it on the road ahead.</default-description>
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  <original-publication-year type="integer">1995</original-publication-year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Bill Gates]]></name>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[i see thi book on the net]]></recommended_for>
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  <date_added>Mon Feb 19 09:51:20 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Feb 19 09:54:55 -0800 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[i learn i could get evrything from life that i want .but bill gates never learn to respect to other brain.]]></body>
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  <date_added>Mon Apr 13 14:47:44 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Interesting to learn about Bill Gates and his predictions at the time. <br/>He gives a portion of the proceeds of this book to support teachers who incorporate computers into their classrooms. He believes the greatest benefit of the information highway is the application of technology to education ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52542719">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="39802673">
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  <date_added>Wed Dec 10 13:18:36 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Dec 10 13:20:16 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Very short book.... More of a review than a novel.... Found it not at all worth reading . But yeas,it didn't take much of my time either; :)<br/>]]></body>
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    <review id="69046386">
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  <read_at>Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Aug 26 21:33:19 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Aug 26 21:35:26 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[i learned that Bill Gates was a great man !<br/>and.. Microsoft was a wanderful company, but it gone!<br/>welcome to google and googling]]></body>
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    <review id="69998036">
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  <read_at>Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Sep 03 20:24:22 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Sep 03 20:25:16 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Kind of has a retro historical interest, but on some level I'm ashamed to admit reading it.]]></body>
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    <review id="42578212">
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  <date_added>Sat Jan 10 11:05:30 -0800 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Common sense, but helpful in getting a Bill Gates perspective.]]></body>
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    <review id="3406082">
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  <read_at>Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's a story about our life, and the prediction how it'll be going. Its talk about the past, present, and the future. The technology that influent our life, from recorder to iPod. Its telling us, how our life should be, with all of the technology that had been invented. Personal Computer is one of t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3406082">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="2759939">
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  <read_at>Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Just started, but quite interesting to know that how the technology progresses and a smart person like Mr. Gates can see and predict and even affect the way it is going on and going to be.<br/>Make me more optimistic about the future of technology and the impact from a common man.]]></body>
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    <review id="19402114">
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  <date_added>Thu Apr 03 16:09:25 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Apr 03 16:09:55 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Dry but interesting in it's day.  Bill Gates predicted most of the technilogical advances that would change the world we live in.  Was the first book to ever include a CD-Rom with it!]]></body>
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    <review id="23196727">
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    <name><![CDATA[Retarius]]></name>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Those who want to see how clever Bill was/is!]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed May 28 23:48:35 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu May 29 00:01:40 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Bill sounds nicer in this book than he did before that inquiry (those inquiries) into Microsoft's marketing practices! A lot nicer!]]></body>
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    <review id="34933235">
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  <read_at>Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[i was amazed by how gates' prediction of the future (the road ahead) with technology was true, and is still happening.  ]]></body>
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    <review id="11217695">
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    <name><![CDATA[Matt]]></name>
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  <date_added>Sat Dec 29 09:50:15 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jan 01 18:57:15 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[At the time, this was a great story on the future of technology.  I can't imagine this book has aged well though...]]></body>
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    <review id="34671026">
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  <date_added>Mon Oct 06 13:32:11 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Oct 06 13:33:00 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[It Bill Gates what can I say.  He does laugh all the way to the bank but also gives a lot back...]]></body>
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    <review id="23693403">
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    <body><![CDATA[Pompous and arrogant... just my opinion.]]></body>
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    <review id="20108075">
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    <body><![CDATA[Love or hate him, Bill knows his stuff]]></body>
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    <review id="7578591">
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[definetely is a visionary book.]]></body>
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    <review id="2025373">
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    <body><![CDATA[good book]]></body>
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