Today in History – July 22, 1975 – Bill Gates and Paul Allen sign Microsoft’s first official contract licensing their BASIC to MITS, the makers of the Altair kit computer. The young entrepreneurs had hit upon a revolutionary new concept—the idea that a company could make money selling software for microcomputers. As Bill puts it [...]
Engineering Education “Today in History”: Gates and Allen License Basic
July 22nd, 2010 · Add a Comment
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Engineering Education “Today in History”: Gates and Allen License Basic
July 22nd, 2009 · Add a Comment
Today in History – July 22, 1975 – Bill Gates and Paul Allen sign Microsoft’s first official contract licensing their BASIC to MITS, the makers of the Altair kit computer. The young entrepreneurs had hit upon a revolutionary new concept—the idea that a company could make money selling software for microcomputers. As Bill puts it [...]
Tags: Computer Science · Computing · General Engineering, Engineering Science · Information Systems · Information Technology · Software Engineering
Engineering Education "Today in History": Gates and Allen License Basic
July 22nd, 2008 · Add a Comment
Today in History – July 22, 1975 – Bill Gates and Paul Allen sign Microsoft’s first official contract licensing their BASIC to MITS, the makers of the Altair kit computer. The young entrepreneurs had hit upon a revolutionary new concept—the idea that a company could make money selling software for microcomputers. As Bill puts it [...]
Tags: Computer Engineering · Computing · Electrical Engineering · General Engineering, Engineering Science · Software Engineering