I roto i te 1975, i roto i te Albuquerque, New Mexico, Allen ko Gates tīmata hokohoko i te BASIC reo papatono kaiwhakamaori. puta Allen ki te ingoa taketake o "Micro-Rorohiko" (he huinga o "microcomputer" me te "pūmanawa"), kia rite ki te 1995 Fortune magazine article.In 1980, i muri i te Microsoft i tukua ki te tuku IBM he pūnaha whakahaere kōpae (DOS) mo te taketake IBM PC, ahakoa kihai ratou i whakawhanakehia ano tetahi, Allen spearheaded he kirimana mo Microsoft ki te hoko QDOS (Quick me Dirty Pūnaha Whakahaere), i tuhituhia e Tim Paterson, nei, i te wa, i mahi i Seattle Computer Products. Hei hua o tenei tauwhitinga, i taea e Microsoft ki te haumaru i te kirimana ki te supply te DOS e i te mutunga e rere i runga i te raina kirimana IBM PC o. i tenei tohu ki te wai i roto i te hītori o Microsoft i arahina ki Allen ko Allen ko Gates. i roto i te tuhinga 1995 Fortune. i roto i te tau 1980, i muri i te Microsoft i tukua ki te tuku IBM he pūnaha
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