Microsoft Turns 50: From Altair to AI
Written by Site Hub on April 6, 2025
Microsoft is celebrating 50 years since its founding by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. From humble beginnings building software for the Altair 8800, the company grew into a global tech powerhouse behind MS-DOS, Windows, Office, and Xbox. Microsoft’s reinvention continues today with its cloud platform Azure and AI integrations like Copilot and ChatGPT. The company’s history, marked by innovation and adaptation, helped shape the modern software industry and the personal computing revolution.
Source: NPR