>>>>>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.
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>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.


He also contributed one of my favorite quotes in the history of computing. One of the Sinclair PCs was delivered right around the time IBM shipped its first PC, the IBM PC being notable among other reasons for being the first personal computer with a 16 bit chip. Sinclair was asked why he chose to stick with an 8 bit processor. "Because I couldn't find a 4 bit chip I liked," he said.