Gates began programming computers at age 13; in 1973, Gates entered [[Harvard University]]. There he developed a version of the programming language BASIC for the first microcomputer - the MITS Altair. In his junior year, Gates left Harvard to devote his energies to Microsoft, a company he had begun in 1975 with his childhood friend [[Paul Allen]].<ref>http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/exec/billg/bio.mspx</ref>. | Gates began programming computers at age 13; in 1973, Gates entered [[Harvard University]]. There he developed a version of the programming language BASIC for the first microcomputer - the MITS Altair. In his junior year, Gates left Harvard to devote his energies to Microsoft, a company he had begun in 1975 with his childhood friend [[Paul Allen]].<ref>http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/exec/billg/bio.mspx</ref>. |