The Road Ahead
By: Bill Gates, with Nathan Myhrvold and Peter Rinearson.
Contributors: Myhrvold, Nathan.; Rinearson, Peter, 1954-
Publisher: Viking
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng; fre
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 286
Subjects: Information superhighway -- United States; Information technology -- United States; Computer networks -- United States; Telecommunication -- United States; Computer industry -- United States
Description: What is the information highway? How will the new technology change our lives? Do I have to learn to use a computer? Will my job become obsolete?

Welcome to The Road Ahead. We have all been bombarded by the seemingly endless hype about the information highway and the coming age of technology. Now, Bill Gates - who built Microsoft into one of the most successful companies in the world - gives us his vision of what the future holds for us. The Road Ahead is his bird's-eye view of the undiscovered territory on the information highway - an authoritative, thought-provoking, and very readable travel guide for the journey.

In this optimistic and refreshingly realistic book, Gates looks ahead to show how the emerging technologies of the digital age will transform all our lives. As he says, we are on the brink of a new revolution, and crossing a technology threshold that will forever change the way we buy, work, learn, and communicate with each other.
Notes: Includes index.
System requirements for accompanying computer disc: Microsoft Windows.
Table of contents: label: Acknowledgments; label: Foreword; label: 1. A revolution begins
title: 1; label: 2. The beginning of the information age
title: 20; label: 3. Lessons from the computer industry
title: 35; label: 4. Applications and appliances
title: 65; label: 5. Paths to the highway
title: 89; label: 6. The content revolution
title: 112; label: 7. Implications for business
title: 135; label: 8. Friction-free capitalism
title: 157; label: 9. Eduction: The best investment
title: 184; label: 10. Plugged in at home
title: 205; label: 11. Race for the gold
title: 227; label: 12. Critical issues
title: 250; label: Afterword; label: Index