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In the Company of Giants: Candid Conversations With the Visionaries of the Digital World

Rama Dev Jager and Rafael Ortiz

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Summary

Rama Dev Jager and Rafael Ortiz interview leaders of the early digital industry about their companies, work and views of the future. The conversations include Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Michael Dell, Andy Grove and Bill Hewlett. Topics range from Apple’s successes and mistakes to operating systems, customer service and the connection between technology and other fields.

  • SourceIn the Company of Giants — licensed McGraw-Hill description on Google Books · Publisher description; 1998 reprint ISBN 9780070329652; named interview subjects and topics

Why read it Our view

Read it to compare how technology leaders describe their work and their companies. The interview format lets you place views on products, customers and the industry beside each other, and ask how the setting shaped each person’s advice.

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  • Bill GatesInterview participant
    Gates is interviewed about operating systems and the future of an internet-centered industry. This records his participation, without implying he recommended the book.
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  • Steve JobsInterview participant
    Jobs is interviewed about what Apple did right and where it went wrong. This records his participation, without implying an endorsement of the book.
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