Microsoft Releases source code for MS-DOS and Word 1

[Chiefcrowe]

http://arstechnica.com/information-...soft-releases-source-code-for-ms-dos-and-word

 

[lxskllr]

DOS2... They really went all out on that one :^D

a later version of DOS might have actually been useful. They could have released that as partial payback to the community for the libre software they appropriated :^)

 

[pw257008]

last paragraph is funny

 

[smakme7757]

I'm keen on looking at the source code. Hopefully downloadable version will be available at some stage.

 

[lamedude]

DOS
Word
There's an INCOMP.txt for MS-DOS 2 detailing a few breaking changes. That must be the been the first and last time MS didn't bend over backwards to keep old programs working.