07-22-1975 Gates and Allen License Basic
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| Audience/Grade: | College Freshman-Continuing Education |
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Computer Science History of Science and Technology Information Systems Information Technology |
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Community - Blog |
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Amy Stevenson |
| Description: | Blog by Microsoft archivist, Amy Stevenson. Excerpt: "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 in his oral history “Well, we knew that MITS was only one company, and we wanted our software to be used on all the machines. And even the original deal we did with MITS talked about our ability to get paid for licenses to other companies.†A nippet of the actual contract is posted. |
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| Keywords: | history of computing Bill Gates William Gates |
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"Today in History" Blog of the Engineering Pathway Digital Library |
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Bill Gates Interview |
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Part of the Engineering Pathway's "Today in History" blog. |
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Medium |
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Low |
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| Publication Date: | July 2008 |
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WWW |
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Free |
| Download URL: | http://www.k-grayengineeringeducation.com/blog/index.php/2012/07/ |
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IEEE LOM Record |
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NEEDS
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