Since the fall of 1998, snippets of email and Videotape Bill in one Washington interspersed with Videotape Bill in the other and sniping by all the usual high tech suspects have been dancing across our screens. At the same time, the irony of the proposed Exxon-Texaco merger and the AOL purchase of Netscape share the limelight. And a sideshow judgement against Microsoft gives Sun a minor boost in its attempt to out-Microsoft Microsoft by maintaining control of Java as Java threatens to fragment into more camps than Unix. The drama in Washington continues as Microsoft stands with industrial titans such as Standard Oil, Ma Bell, and IBM in feeling the heat of the trustbusters at the US Department of Justice. The following online collections capture the blow-by-blow account of the Microsoft Antitrust Trial as well as a variety of background and related materials: The Government's Trial Archives Microsoft's Trial Archives IDG's Special Report: Microsoft on Trial But even before this round of hoopla, writing about Microsoft (and not its product) had become an industry. Here is our collection of books about the Redmond giant in the context of the trial.

Table of Contents The Latest Thoughts from Chairman Bill The Authorized Views of Microsoft The Biz School Casewriters The Conspiracy Theorists The Humorous Side The Soundbytes The Next Generation The Law The Predecessors The Cast at the Trial The Applications of Antitrust in Everyday Life The Other Related Regulatories

The Latest Thoughts from Chairman Bill       Business @ the Speed of Thought: Using a Digital Nervous System by Bill Gates Hardcover (March 1999) Warner Books ISBN: 0446525685 Bill's 12-step approach for business in search of information at their fingertips.
The Authorized Views of Microsoft ...and a few unauthorized ones
	The Road Ahead by Bill Gates, Nathan Myhrvold, Peter M. Rinearson Paperback - Revised Book & CD edition (November 1996) Penguin USA ISBN: 0140260404 Bill's vision of the future, starring Microsoft.
	The Microsoft Way: The Real Story of How the Company Outsmarts Its Competition by Randall Stross Paperback (September 1997) Perseus Press ISBN: 020132797X The business model and business workings of the company that Bill built, based on authorized inside access.
	Gates: How Microsoft's Mogul Reinvented an Industry-And Made Himself the Richest Man in America by Stephen Manes, Paul Andrews Paperback (January 1994) Touchstone Books ISBN: 0671880748 Biography of Bill and the industry before he became DOJ's computer public enemy number 1.
	Show-Stopper!: The Breakneck Race to Create Windows NT and the Next Generation at Microsoft by G. Pascal Zachary Hardcover (October 1994) Free Press ISBN: 0029356717 The soul of a new operating system microsoft style is five years of blood, sweat, and tears.
	I Sing the Body Electronic: A Year With Microsoft on the Multimedia Frontier by Fred Moody Paperback (August 1996) Penguin USA ISBN: 0140176551 Microsoft's entry into a new arena in the early 90's and snatching victory from the jaws of defeat - sounds familiar?
	Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire by James Wallace, Jim Erickson Papaerback (May 1993) Harperbusiness ISBN: 0887306292 The first unauthorized biography of Bill, before Bill overtook Buffet as the richest man.
	Overdrive: Bill Gates and the Race to Control Cyberspace by James Wallace Hardcover (May 1997) John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 0471180416 From hard drive to overdrive, the adventure continues from Windows 95 to the battle for the Internet.
The Making of Microsoft: How Bill Gates and His Team Created the World's Most Successful Software Company by Daniel Ichbiah, Susan L. Knepper Paperback reprint (December 1992) Prima Publishing ISBN: 1559582251 With the glow of the first clean Windows, they ain't seen nothing yet.
The Biz School Casewriters An academic lens, but an entertaining one
	Microsoft Secrets: How the World's Most Powerful Software Company Creates Technology, Shapes Markets, and Manages People by Michael A. Cusumano, Richard W. Selby Hardcover (October 1995) Free Press ISBN: 0028740483 Biz school prof and expert on the Japanese auto industry tackles the (arguably) most successful software firm and how it works.
	Competing on Internet Time: Lessons from Netscape and Its Battle With Microsoft by Michael A. Cusumano, David B. Yoffie Hardcover (October 1998) Free Press ISBN: 0684853191 More blow-by-blow from Cusumano. Microsoft went to court to try and get the underlying source material for this book.
The Conspiracy Theorists Can you say "M Files"?
	The Microsoft File: The Secret Case Against Bill Gates by Wendy Goldman Rohm Hardcover (September 1998) Times Books ISBN: 0812927168 A must read or an unedited hatchet job, this book purports to document the predatory practices of Bill & Co. Hello, Agent Muldur.
We're So Sorry Mr President: Diversity, Computers, Justice and the Clinton Whitehouse by J. D. Burgess, Reginald P. Burgess, Karen D. Sparks Paperback (1998) Amer Group Pub ISBN: 1891950002 Double header for conspiracy theorists: what trojan horses lurk within Windows to steal your secrets and what does the Lewinsky-Bill affair have to do with civil rights law and the EEOC.
	1 Microsoft Way: A Cookbook to Breaking Bill Gates Windows Monopoly Without Breaking Windows by Reginald P. Burgess Paperback (March 1998) Amer Group Pub ISBN: 1891950088 Once bitten, twice published. Mr. Burgess's proposed solutions for Mr. Bill
The Humorous Side How many funny books does it take...
	The Secret Diary of Bill Gates by Bill G., Bill G, Bill Gates, Matthew Lombardi Paperback (May 1998) Andrews & McMeel ISBN: 0836252047 Starting life as a web site, this parody of how Billionaire Bill's diary might read is a smorgasbord of quick cuts.
	The Microsloth Joke Book: A Satire by David Pogue (Editor) Paperback (December 1997) Berkley Pub Group ISBN: 0425160548 Star Trek, pearly gates, HAL, and the Catholic Church are but a few of the situations enlisted to vent our frustrations and illustrate how much Microsoft has become part of our lives.
	Microserfs by Douglas Coupland Paperback (June 1996) HarperCollins ISBN: 0060987049 Not directly Microsoft, but will ring the empathy bell of techies everywhere.
The Soundbytes 8 bits do not a mouthful make
	Barbarians Led by Bill Gates: Microsoft from the Inside by Jennifer Edstrom, Marlin Eller Hardcover (June 1998) Henry Holt & Company, Inc. ISBN: 0805057544 Collected "inside" view of Microsofts history that dishes and dis'es. The rehash will bore the cognoscenti.
	Selling Microsoft: Sales Secrets from Inside the World's Most Successful Company by Doug Dayton Hardcover (August 1997) Adams Pub ISBN: 155850821X Selling the M-word.
	Bill Gates Speaks: Wisdom from the World's Greatest Entrepreneur by Janet C. Lowe Hardcover (October 1998) John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 0471293539 How much work does it take to collect 33 pages of Gatespeak on battling everyone from pirates and competitors to IBM and everyone else? Check this out, DOJ!
	All I Really Need to Know in Business I Learned at Microsoft: Insider Strategies to Help You Succeed by Julie Bick Hardcover (July 1997) Pocket Books ISBN: 0671009133 The coattails skidoo provides another ride for some light bytes.
The Next Generation "When I grow up..."
	Bill Gates: Billionaire Computer Genius (People to Know) by Joan D. Dickinson Library binding (June 1997) Enslow Publishers, Inc. ISBN: 0894908243 What's this? A biography for the kids who want to grow up a math whiz and be Bill.
	Bill Gates: Helping People Use Computers (Community Builders) by Charnan Simon Paperback (March 1998) Children's Press ISBN: 0516261320 Another for the kiddies, 42 pages of admiration for Uncle Bill.
Smart Money: The Story of Bill Gates (Notable Americans) by Aaron Boyd Hardcover (March 1995) Morgan Reynolds ISBN: 1883846099 The story of a boy who loved to tinker - with computers, we know what happens later.
Bill Gates, Software Billionaire (Business Whizzes) by Michael Forman Paperback (December 1998) Crestwood House ISBN: 0382395026 A new one just in time to stuff those stockings and fan New Year resolutions to grow up and be just like you-know-who.
William Gates : From Whiz Kid to Software King (Wizards of Business) by Ralph Zickgraf Library Binding (February 1992) Garrett Educational Corp ISBN: 1560740167 Yet another one, probably the first mover, and mercifully out of print.
The Law So what's the fuss about?
	The Antitrust Laws: A Primer by John H. Shenefield, Irwin M. Stelzer Hardcover (September 1998) AEI Press ISBN: 0844740462 A simple explanation of the law.
A manager's guide to the antitrust laws by Edward A. Matto Out of print ASIN: 0814455417 An easy read at 190 pages or so: surely Bill could have scrounged up a few copies for his staff?
	The Antitrust Paradox: A Policy at War With Itself by Robert H. Bork Paperback (September 1995) Free Press ISBN: 0029044561 Interesting also for the fact that the author is now a consultant to Netscape in the Microsoft Antitrust case.
The Predecessors One won, one lost, one conceded; but who won in the end?
	A Slippery Slope: The Long Road to the Breakup of AT&T by Fred W. Henck, Bernard Strassburg Hardcover (August 1989) Greenwood Publishing Group ISBN: 0313260257 A pro-divestiture eyewitness account, Strassburg was an FCC commissioner at the time and an unabashed supporter of MCI.
The Rape of Ma Bell: The Criminal Wrecking of the Best Telephone System in the World by Constantine Raymond Kraus, Alfred W. Duerig Hardcover (July 1988) Lyle Stuart ISBN: 081840468X And then some people didn't agree with the decision.
	Folded, Spindled, and Mutilated : Economic Analysis and U.S. Vs. IBM by Franklin M. Fisher, John J. McGowan, Joen E. Greenwood Out of print ASIN: 0262560321 Economic consultants to IBM from 1969 to 1982, the authors present detailed aspects of antitrust as applied to the computer industry - in the mainframe era.
	Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. by Ron Chernow Hardcover (May 1998) Random House ISBN: 0679438084 A fellow target of the DOJ, Rockefeller's adjusted net worth would still tower over Bill's by more than three times. This is all the more interesting with the recent proposal for Texaco and Exxon to merge.
The Cast at the Trial Or just about every high tech name
	Speeding the Net: The Inside Story of Netscape and How It Challenged Microsoft by Joshua Quittner, Michelle Slatalla Hardcover (May 1998) Atlantic Monthly Press ISBN: 0871137097 Speed-read through this chatty account of Netscape history - no challenging analyses or insights here.
	Only the Paranoid Survive: How to Exploit the Crisis Points That Challenge Every Company and Career by Andrew S. Grove Hardcover (October 1996) Currency/Doubleday ISBN: 0385482582 Attention, attention! If the competitors don't get you, the government will!
	Inside Intel: Andy Grove and the Rise of the World's Most Powerful Chip Company by Tim Jackson Hardcover (October 1997) E. P. Dutton ISBN: 052594141X Did Intel's VP dis Bill for personal reasons, or is it just good defence for Intel's turn in the hot seat?
	Big Blues: The Unmaking of IBM by Paul Carroll Paperback - Reprint Edition (September 1994) Crown Pub ISBN: 0517882213 Winning against DOJ isn't everything, and certainly not protection against the turmoil of the PC era or being beaten by upstart Mr. Bill.
	aol.com: How Steve Case Beat Bill Gates, Nailed the Netheads and Made Millions in the War for the Web by Kara Swisher Hardcover (July 1998) Times Books ISBN: 0812928962 Trials and tribulations of the only major online service standing including a brief account of its first brief brush with Bill. Will its acquisition of Netscape make for round 2?
Sunburst : The Ascent of Sun Microsystems by Mark Hall, John Barry Hardcover (1990) Contemporary Books ASIN: 0809239892 An oldie account of when the papa of Java was a young pup headed for IPO glory.
	The Difference Between God and Larry Ellison: Inside Oracle Corporation by Mike Wilson Hardcover (November 1997) ISBN: 0688149251 Looking over his shoulder as Microsoft moves more and more into the enterprise software arena.
The Applications of Antitrust in Everyday Life Of baseball and rock concerts
The Market Structure of Sports by Gerald W. Scully Hardcover (July 1998) University of Chicago Press ISBN: 0226743950 What determines whether you get to watch the local or national games? What does baseball have to do with antitrust?
	Pay Dirt: The Business of Professional Team Sports by James Quirk, Rodney D. Fort Paperback - Updated edition (March 1997) Princeton University Press ISBN: 0691015740 Why do pro athletes make so much money and the reserve clause and antitrust
Pearl Jam's Antitrust Complaint: Questions about Concert, Sports, and Theater Ticket Handling Charges and Other Practices: Hearing Before the Information, Justice, Transportation, and Agriculture Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, Second Session, June 30, 1994 United States. House. Congress. Committee on Government Operations. Information, Justice, Transportation, and AgricultureSubcommittee Hardcover (July 1998) U.S. G.P.O. 1016-A Out of Print ISBN: 0160472288 Last but not least, the House subcommittee hearing on Pearl Jam's 13-month fight with Ticketmaster.
The Other Related Regulatories The hand of government in other businesses
	Rapid Descent : Deregulation and the Shakeout in the Airlines by Barbara Sturken Peterson, James Glab Hardcover (May 1994) Simon & Schuster ISBN: 0671760696 No trust-busting was necessary, since the industry was regulated. But what happened when deregulation came?
	Hard Landing: The Epic Contest for Power and Profits That Plunged the Airlines into Chaos by Thomas Petzinger Paperback (January 1997) Times Books ISBN: 0812928350 A similar account, with the CEO personalities thrown in for good drama.
Contrived Competition : Regulation and Deregulation in America by Richard H.K. Vietor Paperback Reprint edition (April 1996) Belknap Press ISBN: 0674169638 In addition to Ma Bell and the Airlines, Harvard Professor Vietor and his helpful students also covers the case of Bank of America and El Paso Natural Gas.