&gt;Microsoft went from a great innovator<p>What are the greatest innovations from Gates era that originated inside Microsoft? It&#x27;s hard to find any.<p>Bill Gates was great and ruthless businessman who understood technology, but he was not good Chief Architect (it was his other position). During Bill Gates Chief Architect era MS was constantly behind others in innovations and only the usage of monopoly power allowed it to embrace, extend and extinguish.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Embrace,_extend_and_extinguish" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Embrace,_extend_and_extinguish</a>