Programmeerimiskeel
Steve Wozniak begins work on the Apple II.
Computer Shack is incorporated. The name is later changed to ComputerLand, due to
objections from Radio Shack. (ComputerLand is incorporated )
Commodore International buys MOS Technology.
Mike Markkula, ex-marketing wizard at Intel, visits Steve Jobs' garage, to see the Apple
computers.
Steve Wozniak decides to remain at Hewlett-Packard, but is soon convinced that he should
leave and join Apple Computer permanently.
The tradename "Microsoft" is registered.
ComputerLand opens a pilot store in Hayward, California, as a retail outlet and a training
facility for franchise owners.
Paul Allen resigns from MITS.
Paul Allen joins Microsoft full time
Bill Gates drops out of Harvard, to devote his full attention to Microsoft.
Don French and Steve Leininger are given official approval to develop and sell a
microcomputer for Radio Shack.