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MS-BASIC 1.1 introduced programming to a generation - now you can download it for free

That was almost 50 years ago; since then, Microsoft has embraced open-source software. In recent years, Microsoft has started ...

Microsoft Goes Back to BASIC, Open-Sources Bill Gates’ Code

Microsoft called the code—written by the company’s founder, Bill Gates, and its second-ever employee, Ric Weiland—”one of the ...

Microsoft open sources 6502 BASIC after almost 50 years0 0

Microsoft has open-sourced the 6502 BASIC programming language interpreter from 1976. Its source code is now available on ...

Microsoft’s first-ever programming language was just open-sourced

Did you know that, between 1976 and 1978, Microsoft developed its own version of the BASIC programming language? It was initially called Altair BASIC before becoming Microsoft BASIC, and it was ...