Is Gates the Most Influential figure in Web Design?
Love him or hate him, the legendary co-founder of computer behemoth Microsoft has had a bigger impact on the communications industry and web design than any other individual.
On a personal level, his influence can be tracked back 25 years to a time before PC’s and easy-to-use software applications. Students today have a PC on every desk – as do most homes, as Gates famously predicted – and the thought of writing anything long hand is an anathema.
And without the PC would the internet become so all-encompassing and ubiquitous or –subsequently – web design so advanced?
No doubt computer technology would have developed apace with or without Gates, but I suspect the world – and especially the world of media – would have been a very different place without his drive, vision and influence.
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