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Here’s the original source code for Microsoft’s very first product

Bill Gates celebrated Microsoft’s 50th Anniversary by sharing the source code that created the company’s foundation. The 157-page PDF available to download on Gates’ blog contains the origins of ...
The Verge

Microsoft says Russian hackers stole source code after spying on its executives

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Microsoft’s nation-state security incident continues to be a headache for the company. Microsoft’s nation-state ...

Microsoft: XAML Studio is now Open Source

The development tool for rapid prototyping of XAML code is now available as open source. It is on its way to version 2.0 with ...
Shacknews

Microsoft says Russian state-backed hackers accessed its internal systems & code

It seems Microsoft is facing off against hackers backed by the Russian government, which may have accessed internal systems and source code at the company. Microsoft laid out details of such attacks ...
Ars Technica

Microsoft open-sources Bill Gates’ 6502 BASIC from 1978

On Wednesday, Microsoft released the complete source code for Microsoft BASIC for 6502 Version 1.1, the 1978 interpreter that powered the Commodore PET, VIC-20, Commodore 64, and Apple II through ...
Gizmodo

Microsoft Goes Back to BASIC, Open-Sources Bill Gates’ Code

In the era of vibe coding, when even professionals are pawning off their programming work on AI tools, Microsoft is throwing it all the way back to the language that launched a billion devices. On ...
GeekWire

Bill Gates’ book ‘Source Code’ is a surprisingly candid memoir of the Microsoft mogul’s early years

Bill Gates speaks with GeekWire about his book, Source Code: My Beginnings. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) Never go to the dentist the morning after an LSD trip. That’s one of the more unexpected ...