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Microsoft Releases Source Code Of MS-DOS And Word For Windows

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Keep your shirt on, people, it’s just the earliest versions! But a good gesture is a good gesture, and this is something that technology enthusiasts and nostalgic programmers will appreciate.

 

So for you retro guys out there, have fun :)

 

Source: http://www.eyeonwindows.com/2014/03/25/microsoft-releases-source-code-of-ms-dos-and-word-for-windows/

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Pretty cool. I want to buy an ancient computer someday with DOS and play Doom all day.

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I have that left box with evertyhing in it lying around somewhere. 

msdos_word_source_code.jpg

 

Actually it might not be exactly the same, very similar tho.

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Cool ill be grabbing this.

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plot twist

releases windows 8 source code

 

plot twist

dominates linux's market share

If your grave doesn't say "rest in peace" on it You are automatically drafted into the skeleton war.

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plot twist

releases windows 8 source code

 

plot twist

dominates linux's market share

When we ca finally add a proper start button and menu

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I'll look in to that! :)

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When we ca finally add a proper start button and menu

plot twist

activates a y2k bug and breaks every PC

If your grave doesn't say "rest in peace" on it You are automatically drafted into the skeleton war.

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Pretty cool. I want to buy an ancient computer someday with DOS and play Doom all day.

doom is open source now along with hexen and heretic, you can get bundles on torrent, then you can download the highres texture packs and the doomsday engine (google it) to run them all. 

 

When we ca finally add a proper start button and menu

 

It already has one.

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plot twist

releases windows 8 source code

 

plot twist

dominates linux's market share

 

 

When we ca finally add a proper start button and menu

 

 

thought you qouted yourself qwerty, you both have similar icons xD

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thought you qouted yourself qwerty, you both have similar icons xD

 

plot twist ......

If your grave doesn't say "rest in peace" on it You are automatically drafted into the skeleton war.

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plot twist ......

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doom is open source now along with hexen and heretic, you can get bundles on torrent, then you can download the highres texture packs and the doomsday engine (google it) to run them all. 

 

 

It already has one.

my bad... still on windows 7. I heard that the windows 8.1 start button just takes you back to metro UI

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my bad... still on windows 7. I heard that the windows 8.1 start button just takes you back to metro UI

some of the earlier start button solutions even the original one from windows did that, but I was setting up a brand new machine the other day and didn't even realise it was win 8 until I moused into the corner and the menu popped out.  I was using the start button, it was setup to work exactly like win7.  If I get back to that school today I will ask the guy who setup the image if he tweaked it or if that was standard.

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The best part of the source:

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Awesome, I love me some DOS. I wonder what kind of hacks/mods and stuff will come from this.

Old shit no one cares about but me.

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plot twist

dominates linux's market share

 

Damn son, that 1.48%

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I hope this gets turned into a book: "How not to write software".

 

Software development has come so far since then.

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Damn son, that 1.48%

No. Linux and other Unix-like OSes are the dominant operating systems. You just don't see them because they're running servers and mainframes and other infrastructure.

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Hopefully this means even more source code from Microsoft. Like give us vista at least, not a single person liked it anyway.

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Look up classicshell(dot)net. What I use and works great for a start button etc. Once Mantle is on LInux then I am sure it will be ported to FreeBSD( heart ). Then I believe gaming will change. Or we can wait for Titan Z vaporware. No idiot realized Nvidia said it was 2000 watts. 2200/2300 watts is max wattage of a US outlet. that is a 20 amp breaker ..most are 15amp which means 1725 watts, with no losses ...Maybe Nvidia broke broke ohms law ( rolls eyes) .....Maybe it is just April fools ? $3000.00, 2000 watts, mid to late 2016....sounds legit :) 

 

When we ca finally add a proper start button and menu

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Cool, we can finally add a network stack to MS-DOS!

 

I know most won't see the forest for the trees but this is a benefit.

 

Wait, that's MS-DOS v1.1 :( what about v7?

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I roll with sigs off so I have no idea what you're advertising.

 

This is NOT the signature you are looking for.

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