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

Fortunately, there are people around the world who work hard at preserving these older systems and give us a living, working ...

Did you know that, between 1976 and 1978, Microsoft developed its own version of the BASIC programming language? It was ...

"Rick Weiland and I (Bill Gates) wrote the 6502 BASIC," Gates commented on the Page Table blog in 2010. "I put the WAIT ...

Move programming out of the source code, into the database Sure, Web services will simplify change management, but it won't eliminate many unnecessary development costs.

A few months after releasing the Altair BASIC source code, Microsoft has shared another cornerstone of its early software success. The company announced that 6502 BASIC ...

Find out how source code is compiled for different programming languages and computer architectures, including the evolution from FORTRAN to CLR and JIT compilers.

Source code is the foundation of an enterprise --- the C-suite needs to take ownership and prioritize it like they do security and finance.

Somewhat ironically, 86-DOS itself was written based on the CP/M Application Programming interface (API). The source itself is an amazing trip back in time.

Microsoft Corp. is expanding a source-code sharing program for its Windows CE mobile operating system and giving users and software developers the ability to alter the code, provided that they do ...