Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way
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In this story, we have shown how: Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore, accompanied by Andy Groves invented the microprocessor, the computer chip, that became the core, CPU, of the Personal Computer. Ed Roberts at MITS built the first PC Kit. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak developed the Apple I and Apple II to create the early Personal Computers. Dan Bricklin and Bob Frankston built VisiCalc, the first spreadsheet for the Personal Computer, that made the Apple II a useful tool for business. Bill Gates and Paul Allen built the operating system for the IBM PC and clones and obtained control of the PC industry. Seymour Rubenstein created the first really good Word Processor for the Personal Computer, WordStar, and understood how it would make the Personal Computer useful to the masses. Michael Dell became the leader in PC sales. A group of innovators established the standards required to make the public Internet work. Mark Andreesen created the first web browser. Sergei Brin and Larry Page, with the business guidance of Eric Schmidt, made Google Chrome the search engine of choice. Jeff Bezos made the Internet a disrupter of retail commerce. Mark Zuckerberg took the Social Media giant, Facebook, to a new level of popularity. Michael Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie developed the BlackBerry, the first Smartphone. Steve Jobs retuned to Apple and created the Apple iPhone that became highly popular with consumers. Satya Nadella led Microsoft to become the leading Cloud service provider. Steve Jobs and Tim Cook rejuvenated the Apple ecosystem and made Apple Inc the most valuable company in the world. TRIBUTE We are deeply indebted to the pioneers who, time and time again, showed that Where there is a Will there is a Way, and put the Personal Computer at the centre of the digital technology revolution.
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This book tells the stories of the entrepreneurs whose imaginations, curiosity, drive, and dogged determination made the personal computer one of the most popular devices ever known. Their efforts put the PC squarely at the center of the digital revolution that continues to push and pull us toward places we’d never envisioned. Peter Farwell, the author of multiple books focusing on technology and an early purcahaser of an Apple II, explains how he came to know these entrepreneurs, and explores how the revolution impacts everything we do: how we study and learn, how we work, how we deal with data, how we write, how we communicate, how we make and build relationships, and even how we play games. He focuses on technology titans who advanced PC technology, including where they came from, their training, and their remarkable contributions. To make the book easy to read, technical details, such as the several internet protocols, have been placed in appendices. Improve your understanding of how the digital technology revolution is changing every aspect of our lives and find out how to use it to your advantage with the insights in Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way.
About the Author
Peter Farwell is a chartered professional accountant and certified financial analyst. He was an early purchaser of an Apple II and an avid user of VisiCalc. He is a retired partner of public accounting firm Ernst & Young. He was the leader of the Canadian firm’s services to the high technology industry for fourteen years. He is the author or co-author of numerous studies, articles, and speeches focusing on the technology industry and is also the author of IBM: Can It Survive and Artificial Intelligence and the Job Market.