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Microsoft officially started 41 years ago today. On April 4, 1975, co-founders Paul Allen and Bill Gates launched their business to sell the Altair BASIC interpreter that was used on the MITS Altair 8800 personal computer. The company started in Albuquerque, New Mexico but moved to its present worldwide office in Redmond, Washington in 1979.
Full story from the WindowsCentral blog...