Yes. But if it wasn't, there wouldn't be the tremendous amount of usage that we see today and the "top tech" would still be C64/386 levels of performance/acces

Yes. But if it wasn't, there wouldn't be the tremendous amount of usage that we see today and the "top tech" would still be C64/386 levels of performance/accessibility. I really dislike Microsoft for what they have done to the computer world, but I also recognize that we wouldn't be where we are if not for them and others like them.