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===MS-DOS===

===MS-DOS===

:{{See also|DARPA}}

:{{See also|DARPA}}

In 1973 Gates entered [[Harvard University]]. There he developed an interest in the [[BASIC (programming language)|programming language BASIC]] for the first microcomputer - the MITS Altair of Albuquerque, New Mexico.<ref>https://www.oldcomputers.net/altair-8800.html</ref> In his second year, Gates dropped out of Harvard to move to Albuquerque with his childhood friend where they founded Microsoft just outside the gate to Sandia National Laboratories.<ref>https://www.microsoft.com/presspass/exec/billg/bio.mspx</ref>  There he purchased a program from someone who worked on Kirtland Airbase where Sandia Labs is located. The program had originally been developed for the Air Force at taxpayer expense.  The government, by law, cannot hold a patent.  Gates patented the program under the name MS-DOS.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwnPgscg0vU&t=502s Is There a Global War Coming?], George Friedman at Brain Bar, [[Youtube]], July 7, 2017.</ref>

In 1973 Gates entered [[Harvard University]]. There he developed an interest in the [[BASIC (programming language)|programming language BASIC]] for the first microcomputer - the MITS Altair of Albuquerque, New Mexico.<ref>https://www.oldcomputers.net/altair-8800.html</ref> In his second year, Gates dropped out of Harvard to move to Albuquerque with his childhood friend where they founded Microsoft just outside the gate to Sandia National Laboratories.<ref>https://www.microsoft.com/presspass/exec/billg/bio.mspx</ref>  There he purchased a program from someone who worked on Kirtland Airbase where Sandia Labs is located. The program had originally been developed for the Air Force at taxpayer expense.  The government, by law, cannot hold a patent.  Gates patented the program under the name MS-DOS.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwnPgscg0vU&t=502s Is There a Global War Coming?], [[George Friedman]] at Brain Bar, [[Youtube]], July 7, 2017.</ref>

His father's law firm obtained the patent.  Gates than marketed MS-DOS to [[IBM]].  His father's law firm negotiated the contract with IBM.  Since the MS-DOS operating system was developed at public expense, and the public at large is denied the right to hold an exclusive patent, the contract gave Microsoft unusually advantageous rights.  As the computer industry soared, Microsoft's unique position gave it monopoly power and profits.  Two decades later, the Court of Appeals for the [[D.C. Circuit]] held that Microsoft had engaged in unlawful monopolistic behavior.<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20110325070528/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/29/business/us-vs-microsoft-key-sections-decision-united-states-court-appeals.html</ref>

His father's law firm obtained the patent.  Gates than marketed MS-DOS to [[IBM]].  His father's law firm negotiated the contract with IBM.  Since the MS-DOS operating system was developed at public expense, and the public at large is denied the right to hold an exclusive patent, the contract gave Microsoft unusually advantageous rights.  As the computer industry soared, Microsoft's unique position gave it monopoly power and profits.  Two decades later, the Court of Appeals for the [[D.C. Circuit]] held that Microsoft had engaged in unlawful monopolistic behavior.<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20110325070528/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/29/business/us-vs-microsoft-key-sections-decision-united-states-court-appeals.html</ref>