World War 0: Microsoft And Its Enemies By Ken Auletta

World War 3.0: Microsoft And It’s Enemies, written by Ken Auletta “is meticulously documented and almost fanatically attempts to present opposing points of view. ” Auletta gave the reader a well researched of the historic Microsoft trail. The purpose of this book was not just to discuss Microsoft but to question whether the government should be the referee in the struggle among corporate in the new economy. Aulleta also told the reader how this struggle will define the coming decades.

Ken Auletta was born on April 23, 1942, in New York, NY. He graduated from the State University of New York College in 1963, by majoring in politics as a “registered independent.” He also attended the Dartmouth College, where he received the Amos Tuck award for national economic reporting. Aulleta made his career as a reporter, columnist, and author. He first worked as a bag-carrier, speech writer, and a campaign strategist for Robert F. Kennedy and Howard Samuels in the early 1970’s. After working for them, Aulleta worked by jumping magazine to magazine such as: New York Post, Village voice, New Yorker, and New York Daily News. By working for many magazines he received the National Magazine Award. Because of his extraordinary interest in catching events to write columns and politics, he began to write several other books such as: The Streets Were Paved with Gold, Hard Feelings, The Underclass, The Art of Corporate Success: The Story of Schlumberger, and Three Blind Mice: How the TV Networks Lost There Way. In writing of this book, the problems between Microsoft and the government comes to life in a way no other book can by detailing every aspect of the trails.

In World War 3.0, Auletta discussed the different events and behind the scene stories...

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...letta, this book has helped me in understanding the process of the Microsoft case. The case really did not catch my mind till a couple chapters later when Microsoft responded back to the lawsuit, which was the time it got interesting. For example, they replied back saying they are not trying to control the operating screen of PC’s but to assure and protect. That is what Microsoft thinks not the world. I would recommend this to friends and classmates who are pursuing for a major in business or law because it can give them an idea of what can tick the U.S. government off in to putting a case on you and what laws are used against the case. I would also recommend this book to people who are in to computer systems and want to learn about what Microsoft has control over. Some people may not want to know about the U.S. government vs. Microsoft case, but the way Auletta’s