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Bill Gates shares his original Altair BASIC source code for Microsoft's 50th anniversary — "The coolest code I've ever written"
Microsoft's co-founder Bill Gates commemorates its 50th birthday by sharing the BASIC interpreter code that led to its creation.
How Bill Gates, the Altair 8800 and BASIC propelled me into the PC revolution
Bill and I were using the same computing tech - the Altair 8800 and DEC's PDP-10 - as BASIC became a gateway for generations ...
Here’s the original source code for Microsoft’s very first product
Before Microsoft (or even Micro-soft), there was an interpreter called Altair Basic.
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Here’s the 50-year-old Microsoft source code that inspired the first Apple computer
Macworld Maybe you didn’t realize this, but Microsoft is actually older than Apple. While Apple marked its 49th anniversary ...
Microsoft at 50: The 7 biggest game-changers through five decades
It hasn't always been smooth sailing for Microsoft, but there are clear moments in the company's history that proved to be ...
Bill Gates releases the source code for Microsoft's first product, Altair BASIC
Reminiscing about Microsoft's early days, Gates said Altair BASIC was the company's "original source code," predating iconic ...
Bill Gates Celebrates Microsoft’s 50th by Releasing Altair BASIC Source Code
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the company in the most Bill Gates way possible.