The document discusses the success of Microsoft and its founder Bill Gates. It describes how Microsoft became the dominant software company by developing the Windows operating system and Microsoft Office suite of applications. It outlines Microsoft's competition with other companies like Apple, IBM, Oracle, Google and Linux, and how Microsoft often gained popularity by bundling its software products together or including them free of charge with other Microsoft products. The document attributes Microsoft's success largely to Bill Gates' business strategies and ability to leverage the company's popular software products.