>>>>The OP goes on to say "I don't find anything evil in that btw, MS has done more for IT than any other company"
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>>>And I heard there are also some people who believe Microsoft invented Internet.
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>>So, do you think other companies have done more for IT than Microsoft? If so, which ones?
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>Not more, but also did tremendous work (some of them come to mind in no particula order):
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>- ATT (Bell Labs): among other contributions. Unix and C (Thompson and Ritchie)
>- HP
>- IBM
>- Intel
>- Xerox PARC
>- Apple
>- Tandy-Radio Shack
>- Osborne
>- Microsoft
>- Dan Bricklin (Visicalc)
>- MicroPro (WordStar)
>- Lotus Corp (Lotus 1-2-3)
>- Borland
>- and yes, I would include Ashton-Tate and Fox Software.

And let's not forget sir Clive Sinclair. He delivered 2.5 million (or more - that's just the last number I remember) cheap computers to kids who'd never have them otherwise. And he proved computers can be made cheaper.