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Microsoft Goes Back to BASIC, Open-Sources Bill Gates’ Code

Microsoft called the code—written by the company’s founder, Bill Gates, and its second-ever employee, Ric Weiland—”one of the ...

Want to build on Bill Gates? Microsoft open-sourced the original code written by the company founder - now it's over to you

Microsoft open-sourced Bill Gates’ 1976 6502 BASIC interpreter, showcasing early programming features and its historical role ...

Microsoft open-sources Bill Gates’ 6502 BASIC from 1978

"Rick Weiland and I (Bill Gates) wrote the 6502 BASIC," Gates commented on the Page Table blog in 2010. "I put the WAIT ...
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Microsoft and IBM Release MS-DOS 4.0’s Source Code under the MIT License

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Microsoft 365 Education Licenses and Usage

Microsoft 365 Education licensing allows faculty, staff, and students to have access to a suite of Microsoft 365 applications that includes Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Due to changes to the ...
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Consultant: Microsoft responds to Open Source leadership

The software giant last week released its .Net framework library under a Microsoft Reference License, which means the code can be viewed but not modified or redistributed. Open source consultant and ...