PoisonUnagi said:
Judas Iscariot said:
Okay... What does 4chan have to do with Bill Gates?
He did not invent the internet, he did not create the site. He is not even the true founder of modern day PCs since he basically stole all the ideas for Windows so no matter what people would be using a windows like program anyway.
I reckon we'd probably be stuck with Apple. And we all know that'd be a horrible existence.
And then you also miss out on Zunes...
Y'know I actually doubt that - since a lot of the reason for Windows success was the fact that Microsoft was selling software, and thus was independent of the hardware - as opposed to Apple putting their OS only on Macs, and selling both as one package.
Chances are that another operating system would've taken the place of windows - maybe OS2, maybe even Linux, as Novel and Sun (among others) were the real companies hurt by Microsoft's aggressive influence over PC retailers. Apple has always been pretty much on the sidelines (as far as business was concerned) even if they had a pretty good hold on schools.
What would really get interesting is, if there was no Microsoft, would whatever company that ended up taking Microsoft's spot work out the same deal with Apple, when Apple needed a bailout? It would be very possible that Apple would no longer exist, and the mp3 player would be more of a novelty than anything - instead of something that is now the part of almost everyone's life.
