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I want a movie about bill gates

I'd recommend http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirates_of_Silicon_Valley if you haven't seen it already. It covers both Jobs and Gates in the period where both Apple and Microsoft began (though I'd argue that it's a little more focused on Jobs).

There was one excellent biography of Bill quite some time ago. The part I could verify personally (and there was a lot) was almost all correct, and whatever the exceptions were weren't bad enough for me to recall them now.

I don't see it on my shelf now, but I think it was http://www.amazon.com/Gates-Microsofts-Reinvented-Industry-H... The cover looks familiar, the year is about right, and I have a vague memory of the author being named "Steven".

Gates: How Microsoft's Mogul Reinvented an Industry--and Made Himself the Richest Man in America, by Stephen Manes and Paul Andrews.

Yes, it's by far the best biography of Gates, and extremely detailed. However, the first edition was published on January 21, 1994.

It's older, but I enjoyed Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire. It came out just before Windows 95 was released, so naturally it focuses mostly on the early years. It seemed to be a pretty balanced portrayal of Gates from those years.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0887306292

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triumph_of_the_Nerds

What, Anti-trust[1] wasn't good enough for you?

[1]: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0218817/

yep, anti-trust is rather good. but very much less fact than fiction, i'd say. (no, i absolutely do not like gates. not only because of the glasses he used to wear.)

if anybody is into documentaries:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIZGDT7ZqdM

http://vimeo.com/6303800

for the german-speaking audience (there might be an english version, couldn't find one though):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2k_NcVpADgM

That first documentary has an amusing title screen... in Chicago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIZGDT7ZqdM#t=119

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