by Bill Gates · Robert Laffont · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782266075152
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«La route du futur» is Bill Gates's essay on the impact of information technology, in paperback, published by Robert Laffont.
Bill Gates analyzes the impact that computing and telecommunications will have on society and reviews the evolution from calculating machines to personal computing. He recalls the early years of Microsoft, Apple and IBM and reflects on the importance, complexity and cost of software development.
The cover states «Nouvelle édition entièrement revue par l’auteur»; the French edition has 332 pages.
For those who want to know Bill Gates's vision of personal computing and communication networks in the nineties.
William Henry Gates III is an American businessman and philanthropist. A pioneer of the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, he co-founded the software company Microsoft in 1975 with his childhood friend Paul Allen. Following Microsoft's initial public offering in 1986 and the subsequent increase in its stock price, Gates became the world's then-youngest billionaire in 1987, at age 31. Forbes magazine ranked him as the world's wealthiest person for 18 out of 24 years between 1995 and 2017, including 13 years consecutively from 1995 to 2007. Gates became the first centibillionaire in 1999, when his net worth briefly surpassed US$100 billion. According to Forbes, as of February 2026, his net worth stood at US$107.7 billion, making him the 18th-wealthiest individual in the world.
