d when it was initially started. The vision that Gates and Allen had of personal computers providing economically valuable tools to consumers and business professionals alike has come to pass, and computers now link geographically dispersed individuals. Consumers of all ages and from various backgrounds are now technically literate, although most Americans do not yet have a computer in the home, and most businesses rely on computers to perform some essential aspect of their operation.
Where Microsoft once prided itself on "taking on" the large companies, it is now one of the behemoths which it previously tried to best. The company has been embroiled in lawsuits since its earliest days (when it sued Altair), an
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