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   Bill Gates

   In February 1976, Gates wrote an Open Letter to Hobbyists in the MITS newsletter saying that MITS could not continue to produce, distribute, and maintain high-quality software without payment. ... In 1980, IBM approached Microsoft to write the BASIC interpreter for its upcoming personal computer, the IBM PC.
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   Criticism of Microsoft

   When Microsoft discovered that its first product, Altair BASIC, was subject to widespread illegal copying, Microsoft founder Bill Gates wrote an Open Letter to Hobbyists that openly accused many hobbyists of stealing software. ... A (US) state lawsuit was brought against Microsoft in 1992 representing 8,558 current and former employees that had been classified as "temporary" and "freelance", and became known as "Vizcaino v. Microsoft".
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   TRS-80 Model 100 line

   The TELCOM program allows automation of a login sequence to a remote system under control of the BASIC interpreter. ... ↑ Gates, Bill.
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   Altair BASIC

   Gates and Allen had neither an interpreter nor even an Altair system on which to develop and test one. ... Bill agreed."
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   History of Microsoft

   The interpreter worked at the demo and MITS agreed to distribute Altair BASIC. ... ↑ "Bill Gates: A Timeline".
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   Business @ the Speed of Thought

   Business @ the Speed of Thought is a book written by Bill Gates in 1999. It discusses how business and technology are integrated, and shows how digital infrastructures and information networks can help getting an edge on the competition.
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   Sierra Entertainment

   It used an interpreter called SCUMM, similar in concept to AGI. ... Microsoft founder Bill Gates had previously asked Ken how he could run such a successful business from such a remote place, and it was now apparent that it was not possible to keep doing that and still grow.
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   Igor Korchilov

   Because of his profile as an author and a veteran interpreter, Korchilov had been interviewed on radio and television. ... Business leaders: David Rockefeller (U.S.), A. J. Hammer (U.S.), Alexi Murdoch (Scotland), George Soros (U.S.), Bill Gates (U.S.), John J. Mack (U.S.) and Suleiman Kerimov (Russia)
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   DONKEY.BAS

   DONKEY.BAS was written by Bill Gates and Neil Konzen to demonstrate the IBM PC and the BASIC programming language's capability to produce interactive programs with color graphics and sound. ... DONKEY.BAS executable, a compiled version of the above source code that can be executed on Windows PCs without an interpreter.
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    Gary Kildall

    Sams related the story to Gates, who had already agreed to provide a BASIC interpreter and several other programs for the PC. ... "The Man Who Could Have Been Bill Gates".

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