Bill Gates began using the word Microsoft in November of 1975. He was a Freshman student at Harvard University when he and Paul Allen, A childhood friend, developed a BASIC interpreter for what was believed to be the worlds first microcomputer called the Altair 8800. Basic was the first language written for a PC. (http://www.csl.mtu.edu/winter98cs320/micro/history/) …show more content…
Inspired at the idea that computers would be everywhere, The company Began developing software for PC's. By 1980, Microsoft had Developed 2 more Languages- FORTRAN, and COBOL-80. Bill Gates Buisness was also responsible for the Z-80 SoftCard. In 1981, IBM introduced it's PC, that used Microsoft's 16-bit operating system, called MS-DOS 1.0. By 1982, Microsoft's Local Area Network linked many computers running XENIX and made the transfer of email easier. Bill Gates Was Blessed to be who he was at the time when computers began to