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B ill and Melinda Gates divorced in 2021 after 27 years of marriage. But lately the tech billionaire-turned-philanthropist ...

Even as he grows older, Microsoft founder Bill Gates still fondly remembers the catalytic computer code he wrote 50 years 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 ...

Gates and Allen tackled the challenge by latching onto the BASIC computer language that had been developed in 1964 at ...

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The 157-page PDF available to download on Gates’ blog contains the origins of Altair Basic — a programming language interpreter for the MITS Altair 8800 microcomputer — and “remains the coolest code I ...

The doubtful Origins, the Fleeting Promise and the Greedy Usurpation of the Internet by Capitalism. Originally published in ...

In 1975, MITS launched Altair BASIC, marking the start of their success and leading to the creation of their own company, Microsoft. By 1977, they had opened their first office overseas in Japan and ...

50 years ago - Microsoft released its first product, Altair BASIC. 25 years ago - Microsoft left a lasting impression on 8-year-old me and millions of others when we booted up Windows 95 for the ...