The company's lawyers have joined its campaign against open-source software, restricting how developers may use what it terms "viral software" in connection with Microsoft tools. Stephen Shankland ...
Microsoft’s 6502 BASIC ran on the same CPU that powered the Apple II, Commodore 8-bit series, NES, and Atari 2600.
Microsoft open-sourced Bill Gates’ 1976 6502 BASIC interpreter, showcasing early programming features and its historical role ...
Microsoft called the code—written by the company’s founder, Bill Gates, and its second-ever employee, Ric Weiland—”one of the ...
"Rick Weiland and I (Bill Gates) wrote the 6502 BASIC," Gates commented on the Page Table blog in 2010. "I put the WAIT ...
The software giant last week released its .Net framework library under a Microsoft Reference License, which means the code can be viewed but not modified or redistributed. Open source consultant and ...