Microsoft turns 50: How two school friends ‘put a computer in every home’

Happy birthday Bill (Picture: Getty)

Microsoft has a big birthday today after being with us for half a century.

The tech giant was founded in 1975, so you might want to open up Office for your best WordArt to make a card for its 50th anniversary.

Tied to the beginnings of the digital age, the company is now closer to pension age than its first legal pint, which could make you feel quite old if you remember dial-up internet and floppy disks.

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