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?

It hasn't always been smooth sailing for Microsoft, but there are clear moments in the company's history that proved to be ...

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

April 4, 2025, will mark 50 years since Microsoft (or 'Micro-Soft', back then) was founded. To mark the occasion, Bill Gates has created a blog post celebrating '50 years of Microsoft' which includes ...

Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates this week published the code that became the first product of the tech company, which turns 50 ...

They called their company Microsoft, and it led the personal computing revolution ... It was for a build-it-yourself computer called an Altair 8800. A company called MITS sold the computer as a kit.

It’s not often you’ll see us singing the praises of Microsoft on these pages, but credit where credit is due, this ...

Over half a century, the company has introduced technologies including the Windows operating system, the Azure cloud, video ...

"Hard to believe that such a significant piece of my life has been around for a half-century,” the Microsoft co-founder wrote ...

An Altair 8800 at the University of Washington's Paul ... Their program for the Altair became Microsoft BASIC — think of it as the root of all their software that was to come.