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

"Rick Weiland and I (Bill Gates) wrote the 6502 BASIC," Gates commented on the Page Table blog in 2010. "I put the WAIT ...

Classic Visual Basic refuses to die. There's just something about Dims and Subs that programmers won't let go of. The granddaddy of rapid application development (RAD) tools -- known for its ...