A cunning businessman who profited fro his rivals' blunders and broke lots of laws regarding monopolies. All the products he made his money from were others' ideas, starting with DOS. Windows was based on the work done at Xerox, developed by Apple which was totally selfish and shortsighted. Unix was in the hands of several squabbling companies and didn't compete at a crucial time. He escaped severe penalties due to fears about the consequences for the US economy. They continue to dominate by illegally pressuring hardware manufacturers to withold information from their competitors.
