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

Gates and his Microsoft co-founder, Paul Allen, used a computer in Harvard's lab to compose what he calls the 'coolest code I ...

At the end of his post, he included a PDF of the original source code for the Altair Basic — all 157 pages of it. You can check it out here. In his blog post, Gates noted that late Microsoft ...

In a blog post shared on April 2, Gates announced that he’s releasing the original source code for Microsoft’s first-ever ...

Bill Gates unveils Microsoft's original source code celebrating its 50th anniversary, highlighting the BASIC code he and Paul ...

Microsoft is celebrating its 50th anniversary, and the company is having some fun with it. The iconic Windows 95 logo was ...

Microsoft’s co-founder marks the company’s 50th anniversary by reflecting on Altair BASIC, the software that launched a tech ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...