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Originally posted by shamrock_uk:
I'll give you that, but if you're talking about the driving force behind the computer industry as a whole would you not agree that historically it has been server-led? I think it could also be argued that most desktop innovation actually is derived from UNIX (including derivatives) and the Macintosh.
I'm open to contradiction of course, but I always struggle when I have to think of genuine Microsoft inventions 
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Granted, but ask yourself how many servers need high powered GFX cards, sound cards, fancy keyboards, speakers, mice...How many games are installed on servers? The computer industry as a whole wouldn't be where it was without Windows. I used the VIC-20, TRS-80 and the original 8086, but it wasn't until Windows hit the scene did the computer generation really take off. Those old machines couldn't exactly be considered user friendly. Most 6 year olds these days know their way around a computer, but sit them down in front of a DOS based system from days gone by and they'd be lost.
Of course if it makes you feel better, Gates ripped off Windows from his former partner Steve Jobs. Gates just got it to market faster.
[ 11-11-2005, 06:30 PM: Message edited by: Zebodog ]