11 Nov
2005
11 Nov
'05
18:58
Steven T. Hatton wrote:
On Friday 11 November 2005 01:01 pm, James Knott wrote:
Allen wrote:
I'm 22. I got my first computer when I was 17 / 18. I'm just good with history. So, what was Bill Gates' first product (besides BS)?
I thought he got his start in programming by rummaging through dumpsters to find discarded printouts he could pirate.
Yes, he did do that, but his first product was (IIRC) a traffic counting system called Traf-O-Data. The first Microsoft (then Micro Soft) product was a BASIC interpreter, for the Altair 8800. http://www.smartcomputing.com/editorial/dictionary/detail.asp?guid=&searchtype=1&DicID=19295&RefType=Encyclopedia