''Barbarians Led by Bill Gates: Microsoft from the Inside'' is a book that was jointly written by Jennifer Edstrom and

Marlin Eller Marlin Eller is an American programmer who was a manager and a software developer at Microsoft Corporation from 1982–1995, and he was development lead for the Graphics Device Interface of Windows 1.0 and also for Pen Windows. He was also a co-f ...

, an American programmer who was a manager and a software developer at

Microsoft Corporation Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational corporation, multinational technology company, technology corporation producing Software, computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services headquartered at th ...

from 1982 to 1995, and development lead for the

Graphics Device Interface The Graphics Device Interface (GDI) is a legacy component of Microsoft Windows responsible for representing graphical objects and transmitting them to output devices such as monitors and printers. Windows apps use Windows API to interact with GDI ...

(GDI) of

Windows 1.0 Windows 1.0 is the first major release of Microsoft Windows, a family of graphical operating systems for personal computers developed by Microsoft. It was first released to manufacturing in the United States on November 20, 1985, while the Euro ...

and also for Pen Windows. Written as a third-person account of Eller's experiences at Microsoft, it goes into detail about the early years of Microsoft and its emergence as a massive corporation. Two chapters of the book deal specifically with the business contacts between Microsoft and

GO Corporation GO Corporation was founded in 1987 to create portable computers, an operating system, and software with a pen-based user interface. It was famous not only for its pioneering work in Pen-based computing but as well as being one of the most well- ...

. In April 2008, as part of a larger federal court case, the gesture features of the Windows/Tablet PC operating system and hardware were found to infringe on a patent by

GO Corp. GO Corporation was founded in 1987 to create portable computers, an operating system, and software with a pen-based user interface. It was famous not only for its pioneering work in Pen-based computing but as well as being one of the most well- ...

concerning gesture interfaces in operating systems for portable computers.

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External links

The first chapter of ''Barbarians Led by Bill Gates'' at washingtonpost.com
1998 non-fiction books Books about computer and internet entrepreneurs History of Microsoft {{microsoft-stub