On April 4, 1975, Bill Gates and Paul Allen officially launched the company Microsoft in Albuquerque, New Mexico. We have the info on how it was founded, the origin of its name, and more.
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Microsoft was officially formed on April 4, 1975, by Bill Gates and the late Paul Allen in Albuquerque, New Mexico. As it reaches its 48th birthday, we take a look at how the company launched.
The series finale of "Breaking Bad" happens tonight, and as it turns out a bunch of locations in the show, including Walter White's home, are located a few miles from the birthplace of Microsoft.
The Sundowner Motel in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where Bill Gates and Paul Allen first formed Microsoft in the mid-1970s, is being redeveloped after closing in 2009.
A plaque that was put up in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 2006 to mark the place where Microsoft first launched has now been ripped off and stolen from its location.
