2006-12-26 14:50:52 · 8 answers · asked by snakealas 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Corporations
No. Almost correct.
"American computer executive, Steve Jobs co-founded Apple Computer, one of the first manufacturers of personal home computers. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak made a natural team inventing the first ready-made personal computer." - www.about.inventors.com
Bill Gate founded Microsoft, a program you run on a P.C.
2006-12-26 14:55:08 · answer #1 · answered by Peanut Butter 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They were not the founders of the personal computer but Steve Jobs was the co founder of Apple along with Steve Wozniak.
here is an except from the Wikipedia:
The history of computing hardware starting in the 1960s begins with the development of the integrated circuit (IC), which formed the basis of the first computer kits and home computers in the 1970s, notable examples being the MITS Altair, Apple II and Commodore PET; and which eventually powered personal and business computers such as the IBM PC and Apple Macintosh in the 1980s. Throughout the mid 1970s to late 1980s, hundreds of computer hardware companies were founded, most of which have since gone out of business. Some companies thrived and are still successful as of 2006, such as Dell and Apple Computer. From 1977 until 1983, Apple dominated the personal computer market.
By the mid 1990s, IBM PC cloners such as Compaq, HP, Gateway and Dell had dominated the market, using Microsoft Windows as the operating system of choice, making the Macintosh a minority in the market. Today, Dell is the largest manufacturer of personal computers in the world.
Read more of the story here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_computing_hardware_%281960s-present%29
2006-12-26 15:02:47 · answer #2 · answered by TriadMonkey 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bill Gates founded Microsoft.
Steven Paul Jobs is the co-founder and CEO of Apple Computer.
A personal computer (PC) is a microcomputer whose price, size, and capabilities make it suitable for personal usage. The term was popularized by Apple Computer with the Apple II in the late-1970s and early-1980s, and afterwards by IBM with the IBM Personal Computer.
2006-12-26 14:56:36 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes & No. Bill Gates founded Microsoft and Steve Jobs founded Apple.
2006-12-26 14:58:13 · answer #4 · answered by nevbob1 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Steven Jobs built computer systems in his garage with his buddies. he was not the first, he just did it well and expanded the business.
Bill Gates did not invent the personal computer, they were contracted by IBM to built an operating system. IMB then let the operating system go and Gates stuck with it.
See the movie Pirates of Silicon Valley if you are interested in this stuff.
2006-12-26 14:55:25 · answer #5 · answered by Ubiquity 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't think so. jobs and wojowhackwhatever started apple. gates developed the os for the pc, which you are probably using right now. it made him the richest man in the world. jobs did well, but he is no bill gates. gates will be in he history books like Carnegie and Rockefeller. jobs will be a little footnote.
2006-12-26 14:57:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
2006-12-26 14:52:38 · answer #7 · answered by chuckysnew 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
2006-12-26 14:51:50 · answer #8 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋