Bill and I were using the same computing tech - the Altair 8800 and DEC's PDP-10 - as BASIC became a gateway for generations ...

Gates and fellow Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen famously spotted the Altair on the cover of the January 1975 issue of ...

It was for a build-it-yourself computer called an Altair 8800. An Altair 8800 at the University of Washington's Paul G. Allen ...

The story of the product begins with the computer credited with starting the personal computer revolution, the MITS Altair 8800. (Yeah yeah yeah, I know what you’re thinking, “What about the Apple II?

April 4, 2025, will mark 50 years since Microsoft (or 'Micro-Soft', back then) was founded. To mark the occasion, Bill Gates ...

Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates this week published the code that became the first product of the tech company, which turns 50 ...

Microsoft is celebrating its 50th birthday these days, and it all started with the Altair Basic program. Bill Gates has now published its source code.

Commemorating Microsoft’s 50th anniversary, Bill Gates provides a first-hand account of the company’s origin story. The post gains extra charm from an interactive design that transforms the text into ...

Microsoft, which turns 50 years old today (April 5), started off with a lie. In 1975, the 20-year-old Gates and 22-year-old ...

Microsoft is celebrating its 50-year anniversary today during a special event at the company’s headquarters in Redmond, ...

Before Microsoft (or even Micro-soft), there was an interpreter called Altair Basic.