Bill Gates

As a matter of fact, I would say that Apple was well on the way before Windows came around, and they were certainly getting there by the time Windows was usable (version 3).

Networking on Windows was pathetic before 95 (and not so great even then, but certainly a lot better); I remember Macs being on networks before then, but I couldn't give you a year. NeXT was the platform on which the World Wide Web was created.

UNIX has been driving the internet for its entire life.

Windows has certainly done some good, but I definitely think that Microsoft has done its share of bad things, many of which have retarded progress in the industry. It's fine to say "look where we are with Windows", but you really need to consider "How much further ahead would we be without it?"