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Originally Posted by acctman
if it wasn't for bill gates a lot of use wouldn't have jobs online... or pc's in our homes. i know a lot people like to blame bill gates and complain while they're using there windows pc computers but you can't get mad at the guy or company for being successful. its not gates that screwed anything up its other companies that decide to change things... lets face it Microsoft set a lot more standards than later other companies come in and change things and people blame MS for not converting to the new standards.
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You are correct. The industry when MS became a name was a mess with no standards and a mix of OS's going nowhere. That is probably the main contribution MS has given. Since then - well... the have earned money, but along with the usual problems working against developing standards and trying to retain *their* market share by deviating from what have become "standards".