For all the influence and smarts Gates has, it's time to give the Paranoid One credit where credit is due.
Grove calls the shots in the high-tech world.
Every company in the PC, software, network and Internet universe must interact with Intel's chips in some way. Sure, but it looks to us like he won it fair and square. Grove and his team stay ahead of cloners, RISC wannabes and even licensees, grinding them slowly into silicon dust with new product releases and price cuts, while making Intel one of the world's most profitable companies. And he just doesn't quit. Intel pushes new videocentric applications that keep the industry craving more power.