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?

The story of the product begins with the computer credited with starting the personal computer revolution, the MITS Altair 8800. (Yeah yeah yeah, I know what you’re thinking, “What about the Apple II?

April 4, 2025, will mark 50 years since Microsoft (or 'Micro-Soft', back then) was founded. To mark the occasion, Bill Gates ...

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

It's "the coolest code I've ever written," the Microsoft co-founder says.

An Altair 8800 at the University of Washington's Paul G ... Still, the advent of the PC — short for personal computer — meant that ordinary people were learning how to type those commands. Even if ...

On Jan. 1, 1975, the Altair 8800 personal computer appeared on the cover of Popular Electronics magazine. This inspired Allen and Gates to develop a version of the BASIC programming language ...

Bill Gates is reflecting on Microsoft's 50th anniversary — and sharing the company's original source code (as well as the story behind it) ...

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 ...