That was almost 50 years ago; since then, Microsoft has embraced open-source software. In recent years, Microsoft has started releasing some of its classic operating systems and programs as open ...

"Rick Weiland and I (Bill Gates) wrote the 6502 BASIC," Gates commented on the Page Table blog in 2010. "I put the WAIT ...

Microsoft’s version of BASIC was one of the first programming languages that the general public came into contact with, ...

Microsoft announced that it has open sourced the source code for 6502 BASIC, one of first ports of its original BASIC.

“In 1977, Commodore licensed it for a flat fee of $25,000, a deal that placed Microsoft BASIC at the heart of Commodore’s PET ...