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?

Macworld Maybe you didn’t realize this, but Microsoft is actually older than Apple. While Apple marked its 49th anniversary earlier this week on April 1, Microsoft will celebrate its 50th anniversary ...

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 ...

It was for a build-it-yourself computer called an Altair 8800. An Altair 8800 at the University of Washington's Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering. A company called MITS sold ...

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.

It was for a build-it-yourself computer called an Altair 8800. An Altair 8800 at the University of Washington's Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering. A company called MITS sold the ...

It was for a build-it-yourself computer called an Altair 8800. A company called MITS sold the computer as a kit. An Altair was about the size of an apple crate, with no screen, just lights and ...