Question

i want to know how bill gates has helped contribute to the growth of microsoft and the computer industry as a whole.

Answer

Bill Gates helped contribute to the growth of Microsoft by first helping establish company and help with the development and releases of such software products as Microsoft BASIC, MS-DOS, and Windows. In addition to developing the software Bill Gates also helped grow the commercial software market, and allow other companies to become profitable by selling their own programs.

As far as his affects on the industry as a whole, Bill Gates has affected the industry by bringing MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows to the IBM compatible computers. This alone has greatly changed the computer Industry by bringing an Operating System used by the majority of IBM compatible computers to the market. In addition to have a very strong hold on the Operating System market Bill Gates also helped bring in other competitive programs such as Microsoft Word and Internet Explorer.

Although many people have both positive and negative things to say about Bill Gates he still has greatly affected the computer industry. Additionally you may want to review Bill Gates personal page and review his Biography.

http://www.microsoft.com/billgates