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Microsoft Volume I: The Complete History and Strategy of founding through Windows 95 (Audio) · Acquired
- ▶ 22:45 David Rosenthal Back at Lakeside, they were just using BASIC, the programming language.
- ▶ 23:23 David Rosenthal But basic, we don't want to give the impression that it is just basic or just for kids.
- ▶ 29:39 David Rosenthal Why don't I go off and write an interpreter for basic here, and we can sell the basic interpreter for the microprocessor and build a big business.
- ▶ 1:34:58 David Rosenthal So that's why the basic, the interpreter is so important.
- ▶ 1:37:53 David Rosenthal Basic programs that Microsoft was going to interpret and then run.