THE MICROSOFT BESTSELLER LIST

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Bill Gates' favorite books include The Catcher in the Rye and The Great Gatsby, but--judging from Amazon.com's "purchase circles" rankings for the company--the literary taste of other Microsoft employees is a bit more hard-core. Gates' own book tops the list (it's always good to know what the boss is thinking), followed by a half-dozen programming references, two critiques of bad software design, and a history of the Microsoft-Netscape wars. If this list suggests something about Microsoft's corporate obsessions, then the Apple Computer bestsellers are even more revealing: Apple's Top Five at Amazon.com include an "inside Apple" expose, a science fiction novel, and three Harry Potter pre-teen adventure tales.

What the Microsofties Are Reading This Summer

1. Business @ The Speed Of Thought: Using A Digital Nervous System By Bill Gates And Collins Hemingway
   
   
   (nonfiction)
   
   


2. The Invisible Computer: Why Good Products Can Fail, The Personal Is So Complex, And Information Appliances Are The Solution By Donald A. Norman
   
   
   (business books, IT books)
   
   


3. Competing On Internet Time: Lessons From Netscape And Its Battle With Microsoft By Michael A. Cusumano
   
   
   (business books, management / leadership, IT books)
   
   


4. Site Server 3.0 Personalization And Membership By Robert Howard
   
   
   (IT books, science)
   
   


5. Effective Com: 50 Ways To Improve Your Com And Mts-based Applications By Don Box
   
   
   (business books, IT books, science)
   
   


6. Atl Internals By Brent Rector
   
   
   (IT books)
   
   


7. Professional Atl Com Programming By Richard Grimes
   
   
   (IT books, nonfiction, science)
   
   


8. Adsi Asp Programmers Reference By Steven Hahn
   
   
   (IT books)
   
   


9. The Inmates Are Running The Asylum: Why High Tech Products Drive Us Crazy By Alan Cooper
   
   
   (IT books)
   
   


10. Programming Microsoft Outlook And Microsoft Exchange By Thomas Rizzo
    
    
    (IT books)
    
    


Source:
http://www.allbusiness.com

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