That was almost 50 years ago; since then, Microsoft has embraced open-source software. In recent years, Microsoft has started ...

In 1977, Commodore licensed BASIC for $25,000 as a one-time payment, securing perpetual use without royalties.

Did you know that, between 1976 and 1978, Microsoft developed its own version of the BASIC programming language? It was ...

Microsoft has open-sourced the 6502 BASIC programming language interpreter from 1976. Its source code is now available on ...

Microsoft called the code—written by the company’s founder, Bill Gates, and its second-ever employee, Ric Weiland—”one of the ...

Microsoft’s 6502 BASIC ran on the same CPU that powered the Apple II, Commodore 8-bit series, NES, and Atari 2600.

This is why I’ve long argued that BASIC is the most consequential language in the history of computing. It’s a language for noobs, sure, but back then most everyone was a noob. Throughout the ...

So they designed a new programming language, BASIC (Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code), with general users in mind.

Run BASIC provides a programmable BASIC interpreter as an online service so that users can create programs and execute them on the Web site.

Last month, Microsoft announced that it would stop adding new language features to Visual Basic, a programming language first shipped in 1991 as one of the tech titan's first major efforts in ...