US EditionMicrosoft founder Bill Gates reflects upon a 50-year-old computer code that reshaped technology
- Bill Gates, co-founder and former CEO, reflected on Microsoft reaching its 50th anniversary on April 4, 2025, at its Redmond headquarters.
- The company began after Gates and Paul Allen read a 1975 Popular Electronics article about the Altair 8800 and assured the device's maker they had software before actually writing it.
- Gates acknowledged learning from early mistakes in team building and political engagement as Microsoft grew through major events including a 1990s US antitrust case.
- He described the original code as "the coolest code" he's ever written and made it publicly available in a blog post alongside a 157-page download.
- Microsoft's evolution highlights resilience and innovation, with Gates calling the milestone bittersweet and praising ongoing progress under current CEO Satya Nadella.
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Microsoft founder Bill Gates reflects upon 50-year-old computer code that reshaped technology
Even as he grows older, Microsoft founder Bill Gates still fondly remembers the catalytic computer code he wrote 50 years ago that opened up a new frontier in technology. Although the code that Gates printed out on a teletype machine may look crude compared to what's powering today's artificial intelligence…
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