Blast from the dawn of personal computing: Paul Allen's 'Ideas Man'

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The exciting times in the pioneering days of personal computing is the setting of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's autobiography *Ideas Man*. This is the story of the remarkable partnership of Allen and Bill Gates and the software powerhouse they built from scratch. Great read!

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