title: Overdrive: Bill Gates and the Race to Control Cyberspace
author:  James Wallace 
description: While Microsoft was occupied with the largest, most expensive consumer marketing effort in history, the launch of Windows 95, Netscape was equally busy capturing the Web browser market. By mid-1995 it looked as if Bill Gates and company had missed the paradigm shift created by the Internet, and many pundits doubted Microsoft could recover. Meanwhile, the Justice Department was aggressively investigating claims of unfair practices levied by Microsoft's competitors. Suddenly the company found itself in the unfamiliar role of lumbering corporate giant--and underdog. James Wallace's <i>Overdrive,</i> his sequel to <i><a href="/exec/obidos/ISBN=0887306292/${0}">Hard Drive</a>,</i> is the story of Microsoft's response to this challenge. A veteran investigative reporter, the author paints a vivid portrait of Gates's determination and competitive ferocity, with a host of revealing anecdotes and details as backdrop. The battle for control of cyberspace is far from over, but Microsoft is clearly not to be trifled with. The tale of how the company repositioned itself in the race makes for fascinating reading.
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  **RABBITSKIN**
  
  
  
  
  
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  ##### **Intro**
  
  
  
  
  
  As I look back on last June, it seems like a bad dream. However, since I’m
  wearing a straitjacket and locked in a padded cell, it must’ve been real.
  
  
  
  
  
  My name is Logan Spencer.
  
  
  
  
  
  A year ago, I was a corporate superstar, next in line to become President of
  Preotec, the largest corporation on Earth. We had the original patent on the
  Maze-O, which changed the world and single-handedly ended the age of the
  computer. In one day, computers became obsolete.
  
  
  
  
  
  Harry Fox, the inventor of the Maze-O, quickly became the richest man the
  world had ever seen. He bought over half of what’s left of Wall Street.
  Preotec currently has an unbreakable monopoly 