Allen’s Memoir Making Waves
Co-founder of Microsoft, Paul Allen’s forthcoming memoir, Idea Man (Portfolio/Penguin, 4/19), is making news, based on the excerpt in the new issue of Vanity Fair. The headlines reflect each publication’s orientation.
Microsoft’s local paper, the Seattle Times, sees it as personal “Paul Allen goes public with hard feelings toward Gates”
The Financial Times puts it in corporate terms, “Where Microsoft went wrong – by Paul Allen”
The L.A. Times follows the money, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen says Bill Gates schemed to dilute his share.
While the NY Times is more measured, Regrets and Resentment in Microsoft Partnership