Bill and I were using the same computing tech - the Altair 8800 and DEC's PDP-10 - as BASIC became a gateway for generations of developers. Where were you all those decades ago?

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 ...

founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in April 1975, is celebrating its 50th anniversary this month. To mark the occasion, Gates has released the source code he and Allen wrote for the Altair 8800 ...

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

Even as he grows older, Microsoft founder Bill Gates still fondly remembers the catalytic ... in the January 1975 issue of Popular Electronics magazine about the Altair 8800, a minicomputer that would ...

Key Takeaways Microsoft’s foundation was sparked by an article in Popular Electronics about the Altair 8800. Bill Gates and Paul Allen initially had no software but assured the Altair CEO they did.

The coolest code I’ve ever written.” With these words, Bill Gates introduces a blog post that celebrates Microsoft’s 50th anniversary by looking back on how the company got started. At the bottom of ...

Bill Gates unveils Microsoft's original source code celebrating its 50th anniversary, highlighting the BASIC code he and Paul Allen developed for the Altair 8800. This code, Gates considers the ...