1 Microsoft Way: A Cookbook To Breaking Bill Gates Windows Monopoly Without Breaking Windows (with Linux CD Operating System) [Mass Market Paperback]

Reginald P. Burgess (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Amer Group Pub (April 27, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1891950088
• ISBN-13: 978-1891950087
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 1.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,190,085 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't read it on a beach...., October 19, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: 1 Microsoft Way: A Cookbook To Breaking Bill Gates Windows Monopoly Without Breaking Windows (with Linux CD Operating System) (Mass Market Paperback)

...especially not a windy one. This book literally starts *decomposing* the moment you first open it. After about 30 pages I ended up with a lap full of loose pages, some of them not even paginated. Took me a good hour to put the damn thing back together. The press itself looks like it was done on a cheap inkjet printer, and sometimes it is hard to tell "e" from "o", "g" from "j" etc... As for the content - this book reads like one of those UFO/government/name-your conspiracy pamphlets. There is a lot of biterness, resentment and outright rage aimed towards Microsoft, which apparently wronged the author in some way. These uncontrolled emotions distort the whole idea the author is trying to present: that there are other alternatives to Microsoft products. The editing is nonexistent - some paragraphs and whole chapters feel like they were written in one rage-fueled take, with occasional trips to the basement to punch holes in the walls with bare fists.

This person shouldn't be writing books.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars don't bother with this book, September 9, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: 1 Microsoft Way: A Cookbook To Breaking Bill Gates Windows Monopoly Without Breaking Windows (with Linux CD Operating System) (Mass Market Paperback)

i hate microsoft alot but this borders on ranting and raving. this guy should get a vallium prescription. the book is hard to follow and seems to have been written out of anger alone. dont waste your time and money, use it trying other opperating systems instead. oh and the binding is realy bad, all the pages fell out that realy irritated me.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This book is a waste of time. Don't buy it., December 2, 1999

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Susan Vellalioni (Toronto) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 1 Microsoft Way: A Cookbook To Breaking Bill Gates Windows Monopoly Without Breaking Windows (with Linux CD Operating System) (Mass Market Paperback)

The author should focus more on what makes Linux a good OS rather than his rantings about Microsoft. This book was a waste of time. I took it back for a refund.