Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Passage: Microsoft's Altair BASIC yakanga yakakurumbira nevanofarira makombiyuta, asi Gates akawana kuti kopi isati yatengeswa yakanga yabuda munzanga uye yakanga ichikopwa nokuparadzirwa zvikuru. MunaFebruary 1976, Gates akanyora Open Letter to Hobbyists muMITS tsamba yenhau umo akasimbisa kuti vanopfuura 90 muzana yevashandisi veMicrosoft Altair BASIC vakanga vasina kubhadhara Microsoft nokuda kwayo uye nokuita kudaro Altair "musika wekuvaraidza" waive mungozi yekubvisa kukurudzira kune chero nyanzvi dzekugadzira kugadzira, kugovera, uye kuchengetedza software yepamusoro. Tsamba iyi yakanga isingafarirwi nevanofarira zvemakomputa, asi Gates akaramba achitenda kuti vanogadzira software vanofanira kukwanisa kubhadhara. Microsoft yakava yakazvimiririra yeMITS mukupera kwa1976, uye yakaramba ichigadzira purogiramu yemitauro yepurogiramu yemarudzi akasiyana-siyana. Iyo kambani yakatamira kubva kuAlbuquerque kuenda kumba kwayo nyowani muBellevue, Washington, musi waNdira 1, 1979. Munguva yemakore ekutanga eMicrosoft, vashandi vese vaive nebasa rakakura mubhizinesi rekambani. Gates aitarisira mashoko ebhizimisi, asi akaramba achinyorawo bumbiro. Mumakore mashanu okutanga, maererano nezvakataurwa naBill Gates pachake, iye amene akaongorora mutsetse mumwe nomumwe wekodhi iyo kambani yakatumira, uye kazhinji kazhinji akanyorazve mativi ayo sezvaaiona zvakakodzera.  Mubvunzo: Microsoft yakaparadzana rini neMITS?
Makore 1976