Tech Nostalgia: A Computer Needs an OS Like a Fish Needs a Bicycle (Premium)
The first personal and home computers booted into a ROM, or read-only memory, that usually consisted solely of an on-chip BASIC interpreter.
At age 13, Bill Gates snuck out to write code until 2 a.m.—that ‘lucky break' helped him create Microsoft
Bill Gates’ teenage rebellious streak included sneaking out of his home to write computer code without his parents’ knowledge ...