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How a magazine cover led Bill Gates, Paul Allen to create Microsoft's first product

Summary by India Today
After seeing the Altair 8800 on a magazine cover, Bill Gates and Paul Allen built BASIC for the machine and secured a deal with MITS. That first software agreement marked the start of Microsoft’s business in personal computing.

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How a magazine cover led Bill Gates, Paul Allen to create Microsoft's first product

After seeing the Altair 8800 on a magazine cover, Bill Gates and Paul Allen built BASIC for the machine and secured a deal with MITS. That first software agreement marked the start of Microsoft’s business in personal computing.

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India Today broke the news in Noida, India on Wednesday, September 2, 2026.
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