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Originally Posted by swoop101
I think that it is ok to do so.
The world of computers was well and truly stuck in the 'geek' age until Bill had the 'vision' of Windows.
The only people who had any chance of understanding/using computers were those that were involved enough to understand the plethora of programing languages (most with stupid names).
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True, apart from one thing. The GUI as we know it was NOT invented in the Early/Mid Eighties by Apple or Microsoft (although Apple claim they did). Rank Xerox were developing GUIs in the mid to late 70s. Sadly decided not to market them. An idea that must go down in history as being the most stupid idea since the then head of IBM decided in the 50s that "the world would only need five computers".
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It is only the fact that the loonies keep attacking windows systems with virus/exploits that cause as many problems as we get.
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V. True. Every operating system has some security flaws (even Unix & Linux). Windows gets exploited more because it is used by more people
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If Windows had not appeared we would be stuck with the toy-town system (apple-mac).
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You've never used OSX have you? Built around FreeBSD (Unix variant), and is actually a bloody powerful system.
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My own oppinion (runs for the hills)
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No need to run for the hills, you are entitled to express your opinion.
Back on topic. Personally, I do believe Bill G deserves a knighthood. His marketing of all Microsoft products is excellent, and, IMO unmatched in the industry until he gave Steve Jobs money to rebuild Apple.
I don't believe he revolutionised PC use as much as people here are saying though. He just took advantage of a market that was actually opened up (in this country anyway) by Alan Sugar (the Amstrad PCs where the first really cheap clones). The first version of Windows was largely ripped off from a technical description of Mac OS (so Microsoft could say, when sued, that the designers of Windows had never seen a Mac). The first version of Windows NT was heavily based on work Microsoft did with IBM on OS/2.
That is not to say I hate Windows. Far from it. I use Windows every day, and think Windows XP is brilliant.