'This is the information age': How Microsoft founder Bill Gates mapped out the new internet era back in 1993

'This is the information age': How Microsoft founder Bill Gates mapped out the new internet era back in 1993

Gates and Paul Allen launched computing giant Microsoft 50 years ago. In 1993, he talked to the BBC about the online innovations that would define the 21st Century.

Microsoft, the Windows software maker, turns 50 in the age of AI

Microsoft has been at the heart of computing for half a century.

The US technology company Microsoft is celebrating its 50th birthday next week. Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded the company on April 4, 1975. In addition to the two founders, long-standing head of the company Steve Ballmer and his successor Satya Nadela also shaped the history of the computer pioneer.

For half a century, Microsoft has been at the centre of the computer world, imposing itself as a pillar of technology, sometimes forgotten as its influence has melted into our connected lives. While the company, born with the ambition to put "a computer in every home and office", celebrates its 50th anniversary this Friday, it is now relying on artificial intelligence (AI) to strengthen its empire. "From a narrative point of view, Microsoft is a…

"They have this boring and boring corporate image on the Stock Exchange," said Jeremy Goldman, an analyst at eMarketer. Ennoyed, but profitable: with nearly $3,000 billion in market capitalization, Microsoft is presenting the world's first valuation behind Apple. It mainly carbides in the Cloud (distance computing), a fast growing sector that is still growing.

He was not only a brilliant programmer, but also a cunning and relentless businessman who managed to turn Microsoft into a technological giant. His vision and determination...