What a horribly biased article, typical of Microsoft at that time. Two examples:
"Because the Intel 8080 was the first chip, everyone wrote software for it. When the Motorola 6800 came out years later". Yeah, 1974 vs. ... 1974.
"The operating system is now evolving to include graphics, as in the Microsoft Windows system" - which didn't appear on the market until about a year after the publication of that article.
A company called "Microsoft" is selling the idea that software trumps hardware. Paint me surprised. In general, he proved mostly right, but the OS can limit "softness" in a way similar to what hardware did, and this includes Windows.
"Because the Intel 8080 was the first chip, everyone wrote software for it. When the Motorola 6800 came out years later". Yeah, 1974 vs. ... 1974.
"The operating system is now evolving to include graphics, as in the Microsoft Windows system" - which didn't appear on the market until about a year after the publication of that article.