< IMG SRC = "/Uploads/Blogs/E9/FF/IB-FRG6CKJ3A_87E2333ad.jpg" Alt = "Bill Gates showed the legendary code from which Microsoft history began"/> < P > Today, April 4, Microsoft celebrates its 50th anniversary. In honor of the anniversary, the founder of Bill Gates has published the source code of the Altair Basic interpreter – it was from it that the history of the technological giant began.

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~ > 62 ~ 62 < P > “The Circle I have ever written”-this is how Bill Gates begins his new blog entry, dated to the 50th anniversary of Microsoft. In it, he with nostalgia recalls how the history of the company that changed the technology world began.

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< P lang-ru "paraeid =" {bd1670de-dfad-4CC6-aaa6-1fc2fc2f99995FC3A}} {99} "Paraid =" 1221157048 "XML: lang =" Ru-ru-ru ". Machine Code, clear Altair 8800. The maximum available memory amount for this solution was 4 kilobytes - that Altair owners have enough resources to run other programs.

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< P lang = "ru-ru" paraeid = "{BD1670de-dfad-4CC6-AEA6-1FC2FC2F999995FC3A}} {105}" Paraid = "1437883593" XML: lang = "Ru. They presented the MITS interpreter, which agreed to license this software. This is how Altair Basic appeared - the first product of the newly created company Micro -Soft (then the name was still a hyphen that was later removed).

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Natasha Kumar

By Natasha Kumar

Natasha Kumar has been a reporter on the news desk since 2018. Before that she wrote about young adolescence and family dynamics for Styles and was the legal affairs correspondent for the Metro desk. Before joining The Times Hub, Natasha Kumar worked as a staff writer at the Village Voice and a freelancer for Newsday, The Wall Street Journal, GQ and Mirabella. To get in touch, contact me through my natasha@thetimeshub.in 1-800-268-7116