Overview
The Altair 8800, developed by Ed Roberts, and Microsoft, co-founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen, were instrumental in launching the personal computer era, with influences from pioneers like Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak of Apple, and the programming language development of Larry Wall, creator of Perl, used in various applications including those on GitHub, a platform founded by Tom Preston-Werner, Chris Wanstrath, and PJ Hyett, and later acquired by Microsoft.