Yet this speaks to one of the book's strengths: Gates managed to describe in simple and precise terms how the Web would impact our everyday lives.

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As Mr Auletta waited for the hearing to begin, he wondered not only if the court would bring up Judge Jackson's comment in his book that Bill Gates has a Napoleonic concept of himself but also comments he made about the appeals court.

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