April 4, 1975 · Event
Microsoft founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen (1975)
Founded in Albuquerque to sell a BASIC interpreter for the Altair. It grew into the dominant PC software company.
The partnership was formed to sell a BASIC interpreter for the MITS Altair 8800; the name 'Micro-Soft' was coined that year and the company moved to Bellevue, Washington in 1979.
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- Date
- April 4, 1975
- Kind
- Event
- Maker or publisher
- Microsoft
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- MITS Altair 8800 (uses, 1974)
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