Altair Basic was developed by Gates, fellow Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen ... since it would give instant feedback on their code, allowing them to fix any mistakes that crop up.” ...

To commemorate the special occasion, Microsoft's co-founder Bill Gates has joined the fray and shared the source code that shaped the company's origins — Altair BASIC. According to the ...

Ahead of Microsoft's 50th anniversary this week, co-founder Bill Gates has released the company's original source code. Gates and Paul Allen wrote it in BASIC using a PDP-10 mainframe at Harvard ...

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has posted the source code for Microsoft’s first-ever product, Altair BASIC. Apple’s WWDC 2025 takes place June 9-13. You’ll find in-depth coverage in our ...

Bill Gates is taking a look back at the code that started it all. The Microsoft cofounder this week published the code that became the first product of the company. Take a look at Microsoft's ...

It’s now possible to cross Microsoft BASIC for the Dragon 64 off that list, with the source code now posted for all to enjoy on GitHub. The repository concerns the Microsoft 16K BASIC ...

Also: It's back! Microsoft and IBM open source MS-DOS 4.0 Writing in BASIC was fun, creative, and empowering. Writing in machine code or its related assembler language was tedious and incredibly ...

Nearly 50 years ago—April 4, 1975—Microsoft was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. Back then, everything centered around the development and sales of BASIC code interpreters. Only later ...

Gates was deep in the code, and the business ... and expanding the footprint of Microsoft BASIC. “Hardware must be paid for, but software is something to share. Who cares if the people who ...