Microsoft Volume I

3285.06 - 3319.484 Ben Gilbert

So MITS gets exclusive license to the BASIC interpreter, to the BASIC, as they call it, for the 8080. And MITS is the one that can then decide whether to sub-license the BASIC out to other companies or not. Essentially, this is a distribution deal with MITS where MITS becomes the exclusive seller and distributor of Microsoft's BASIC. Microsoft doesn't have any direct sales control here.