![]() (An "interpreter" is a piece of software which lets users write and execute code on the computer.) Specifically, their company sold an interpreter for the popular BASIC programming language that would run on the Altair. ![]() Microsoft was originally founded to write code for a company called MITS which produced the Altair computer. Nevertheless, they did launch their company out of a garage in Albuquerque, N.M. Allen had worked as a programmer for the company Honeywell while Gates studied at mathematics and computer science at Harvard. Neither Bill Gates nor co-founder Paul Allen were laymen when they founded Microsoft on April 4, 1975. ![]() In the case of Microsoft it's also somewhat true. From Ben Franklin puttering in his living room to Thomas Edison inventing the modern world out of Menlo Park, this is a story that people tell over and over again. Americans love the inventor working out of their garage. ![]()
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