That was almost 50 years ago; since then, Microsoft has embraced open-source software. In recent years, Microsoft has started ...

In 1977, Commodore licensed BASIC for $25,000 as a one-time payment, securing perpetual use without royalties.

Small Basic is a recent offering from Microsoft based on the venerable BASIC programming language and implemented with .NET.

Developed by Microsoft employee Vijaye Raji, the Small Basic language, which was inspired by the original BASIC programming language and runs on the .NET Framework, was designed with the beginner ...

In November 2008, Microsoft unveiled yet another programming language: Small Basic (not to be confused with SmallBASIC). This week, Microsoft released Small Basic version 0.3, after implementing ...