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Microsoft was founded on 1975 by a 19-year-old Harvard university dropout Bill Gates and his high school friend Paul Allen. It all began after Bill gates finish reading a issue on “Popular Electronics” which showed a new electronic called the Altair 8800, which was a minicomputer kit. Bill gates decide to call Micro Instrumentation and telemetry Systems (MITS) the creators of the Altair 8800, to advice them that he and his peers were working on a Basic interpreter for the platform. The Basic interpreter worked and MITS hired both Bill gates and Paul Allen. They both named their partnership “Micro-soft” and had their first office in Albuquerque. They hit the jackpot from there on, there business through the year has continued to grow at a fast rate. The Microsoft industry continues to make computer software, hardware, and also video games. There main products are Microsoft windows, Microsoft Office, and Microsoft Servers. Microsoft corporations today is one of the biggest multi-billionaire corporations in the world, it makes a revenue of 51.12 billion USD.

Blast: Good evening Mr. Bill Gates BG: Hello Mr. Burciaga Blast: Let’s discuss your multi-billon dollar corporation, Microsoft. BG: sure, what would you like to know? Blast: How did Microsoft began? BG: well, it all started when I finish dropping out of Harvard University. Me and my high school buddy Paul Allen knew that we had the brains for the computers. Blast: Then what happen? BG: I was reading an issue on “Popular Electronics” which showed a new electronic called the Altair 8800, which was a minicomputer kit. Blast: keep going. BG: Me and Allen thought that we can build a basic interpreter for their platform. Blast: Go ahead continue. BG: So we build one, then we called MITS offering to demonstrate the basic programming language for their system. Blast: what did MITS told you? BG: They agreed, they liked it, and they hired both of us. Blast: what happen with MITS? BG: We changed the name too Microsoft because of the partnership between me and Allen. Then from there on our business continue to grow and expand around the world. Blast: well that’s all we have for today, I’m Christian Burciaga, reporting from a blast from the past.

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