Comment Feed for Channel 9 - The History of Microsoft - 1976 http://ecn.channel9.msdn.com/o9/previewImages/100/456896_100x75.jpg Channel 9 - The History of Microsoft - 1976 For Microsoft, 1976 was the first year with an official name, it was the first time Bill Gates raised the issue of piracy and we hired our first full-time employee Marc McDonald.    Previous The History of Microsoft Episodes: 1975 The History of Microsoft - 1976 Timeline.  February 3, 1976 Bill Gates is the first programmer to raise the issue of software piracy. In "An Open Letter to Hobbyists," first published in Computer Notes, Gates accuses hobbyists of stealing software and thus preventing good software from being written. March 27, 1976 Bill Gates gives the opening address at the First Annual World Altair Computer Convention held in Albuquerque, New Mexico. April, 1976 Marc McDonald becomes Microsoft’s first official employee. (Other people did work on Microsoft products before that, but on a contract basis) July, 1976 Microsoft’s first advertisement appears in Digital Design magazine. November 1, 1976 Paul Allen resigns from MITS to join Microsoft full time. November 26, 1976 The trade name, Microsoft, is registered with the Office of the Secretary of the State of New Mexico. September 1, 1976 Microsoft leases official office space in the Two Park Central Tower Building at 300 San Mateo Blvd, N.E., Suite 819, Albuquerque, New Mexico. 1976 Headcount/Revenue The 1976 Calendar Year employee headcount totals six people. Revenues are $22,496 Other 1976: Shugart introduces a 5.25-inch floppy disk drive for $390, the first of this size for microcomputers. Three new magazines hit the stands: Byte, Computer Graphics and Art, and Dr. Dobb’s Journal of Computer Calisthenics and Orthodontia. The United States celebrates its bicentennial. A Viking spacecraft lands on Mars and sends back detailed pictures of a rocky, desert terrain. en Sun, 26 May 2013 02:09:15 GMT Sun, 26 May 2013 02:09:15 GMT Rev9 Re: The History of Microsoft - 1976 April, 1976, I was finally born not having a clue back then that I will become a dev and use microsoft products 24/7/365 ,)

posted by Chris Richner

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/History/The-History-of-Microsoft-1976#c633700669910000000 Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:23:11 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/History/The-History-of-Microsoft-1976#c633700669910000000 Chris Richner Re: The History of Microsoft - 1976 posted by yassir

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/History/The-History-of-Microsoft-1976#c633700754490000000 Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:44:09 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/History/The-History-of-Microsoft-1976#c633700754490000000 yassir Re: The History of Microsoft - 1976 I'm glad that Bill's hair has improved since the 90s. He looks even geekier in the wrong aspect ratio though Smiley

posted by dentaku

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/History/The-History-of-Microsoft-1976#c633700783370000000 Thu, 12 Feb 2009 23:32:17 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/History/The-History-of-Microsoft-1976#c633700783370000000 dentaku Re: The History of Microsoft - 1976 posted by foreachdev

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/History/The-History-of-Microsoft-1976#c633701322070000000 Fri, 13 Feb 2009 14:30:07 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/History/The-History-of-Microsoft-1976#c633701322070000000 foreachdev Re: The History of Microsoft - 1976 posted by Bas

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/History/The-History-of-Microsoft-1976#c633701337880000000 Fri, 13 Feb 2009 14:56:28 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/History/The-History-of-Microsoft-1976#c633701337880000000 Bas Re: The History of Microsoft - 1976 posted by Sven Groot

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/History/The-History-of-Microsoft-1976#c633701392680000000 Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:27:48 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/History/The-History-of-Microsoft-1976#c633701392680000000 Sven Groot Re: The History of Microsoft - 1976             First of all I appreciate you watching this video.  I hope you stick around for the entire series and have patience with us with respect to aspect ratios.  Just to give you some insight.  This series was shot in HD and currently our player doesn't support that format.  Clearly the Bill Gates stuff was shot 4:3.  Thus, some inconsistencies.  We are trying a few different things out but it's a bit complicated behind the scenes.  As a team we are communicating daily about this process and are striving to bring you the highest quality content possible.  My goal is to have you comment about our story and not how we present it and I can assure you we are working on it.  Thanks again for being a part of the channel 9 community. 

Tina

posted by tina10

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/History/The-History-of-Microsoft-1976#c633701537000000000 Fri, 13 Feb 2009 20:28:20 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/History/The-History-of-Microsoft-1976#c633701537000000000 tina10 Re: The History of Microsoft - 1976

posted by Massimiliano

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/History/The-History-of-Microsoft-1976#c633702226220000000 Sat, 14 Feb 2009 15:37:02 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/History/The-History-of-Microsoft-1976#c633702226220000000 Massimiliano Re: The History of Microsoft - 1976 Very interesting Apple computer, and I liked that Bill Gates was marketing Microsoft by writing that Legends of the Micro-Kid.

 

Thanks Tina, Looking forward to the next episode

posted by Firas Ammouri

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/History/The-History-of-Microsoft-1976#c633705432390000000 Wed, 18 Feb 2009 08:40:39 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/History/The-History-of-Microsoft-1976#c633705432390000000 Firas Ammouri Re: The History of Microsoft - 1976  

posted by tina10

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/History/The-History-of-Microsoft-1976#c633705849560000000 Wed, 18 Feb 2009 20:15:56 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/History/The-History-of-Microsoft-1976#c633705849560000000 tina10 Re: The History of Microsoft - 1976 Great vid. I didn't know Paul Allen came back to Microsoft.  Interesting story about how Marc Mcdonalds got the number 1 employee badge when he came back to Microsoft.

posted by reborn8

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/History/The-History-of-Microsoft-1976#c634210364560000000 Sat, 25 Sep 2010 18:34:16 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/History/The-History-of-Microsoft-1976#c634210364560000000 Microsoft Computers Fan