The History of Microsoft - 1975

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.
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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:
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 ,)
I'm glad that Bill's hair has improved since the 90s. He looks even geekier in the wrong aspect ratio though
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.
Fantastic video. How things have changed since then. Fair play to Gates, a lot of jealous people are hard on him but he has done extremely well for himself.