other software for
IBM PC compatibles. Software products
Microsoft was founded as "Micro-soft" in 1975 by
Bill Gates(now CEO) and his high school pal Paul Allen. Their first
product was a version of
BASIC for the new
Altair computer
[which one?]. In 1980,
IBM chose Microsoft to supply the
Quarterly sales $1293M, profits $362M (Aug 1994).
maintained by the Personal Operating Systems Division to
(1998-11-06)