The inside story of how a small band of agitators at Microsoft staged the stunning turnaround that transformed the company from an Internet laggard into such a dominant force that it was declared a monopolist.

1993. When Bill Gates peered into Microsoft’s crystal ball, he saw a world of Windows. Then the Internet burst onto the scene, and suddenly Gates’s Windows-oriented future didn’t look so bright. The Internet was the future of computing—and the world’s largest software company wasn’t ready for it. In this book, veteran Seattle Times journalist Paul Andrews chronicles the explosive drama and high-stakes gamesmanship behind the most remarkable business turnaround of the 1990s: the story of Microsoft’s turbulent journey from Windows to the Web—and of the handful of Internet believers who led the charge. (text from the publisher)