Alan Cooper is widely known as the “Father of Visual Basic” and developed technology that became Visual Basic before selling it to Microsoft in 1988.

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"Alan Cooper is widely known as the “Father of Visual Basic” and developed technology that became Visual Basic before selling it to Microsoft in 1988."

The Computer History Museum documents Cooper’s Ruby project, its acquisition by Microsoft, and the origin of the “Father of Visual Basic” description.

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Source title 2017 CHM Fellow Alan Cooper: Father of Visual Basic

Source authors Hansen Hsu

Source year 2017

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