Bill Gates Celebrates Microsoft’s 50th by Releasing Altair BASIC Source Code

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Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the company in the most Bill Gates way possible: He’s releasing the source code he wrote for Altair BASIC, the company’s “original source code.”

“Before there was Office or Windows 95 or Xbox or AI, there was Altair BASIC,” Bill Gates writes on his Gates Notes website. “In 1975, Paul Allen and I created Microsoft because we believed in our vision of a computer on every desk and in every home. Five decades later, Microsoft continues to innovate new ways to make life easier and work more productive. Making it 50 years is a huge accomplishment, and we couldn’t have done it without incredible leaders like Steve Ballmer and Satya Nadella, along with the many people who have worked at Microsoft over the years.”

 

https://www.thurrott.com/microsoft/319244/bill-gates-celebrates-microsofts-50th-by-releasing-altair-basic-source-code

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  On 03/04/2025 at 13:00, branfont said:

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the company in the most Bill Gates way possible: He’s releasing the source code he wrote for Altair BASIC, the company’s “original source code.”

“Before there was Office or Windows 95 or Xbox or AI, there was Altair BASIC,” Bill Gates writes on his Gates Notes website. “In 1975, Paul Allen and I created Microsoft because we believed in our vision of a computer on every desk and in every home. Five decades later, Microsoft continues to innovate new ways to make life easier and work more productive. Making it 50 years is a huge accomplishment, and we couldn’t have done it without incredible leaders like Steve Ballmer and Satya Nadella, along with the many people who have worked at Microsoft over the years.”

 

https://www.thurrott.com/microsoft/319244/bill-gates-celebrates-microsofts-50th-by-releasing-altair-basic-source-code

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If you interested I'd recommend the film Pirates of Silicon Valley https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0168122/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk 

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  On 03/04/2025 at 13:24, Som said:

If you interested I'd recommend the film Pirates of Silicon Valley https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0168122/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk 

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I've seen it already, a long time ago...