Microsoft finally open sources DOS 1.0 - and it's so much more than the code

Microsoft finally open sources DOS 1.0 - and it's so much more than the code ...
InfoQ

Microsoft and IBM Release MS-DOS 4.0’s Source Code under the MIT License

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Microsoft open-sources “the earliest DOS source code discovered to date”

For students of early PC history, this isn’t even the first piece of 86-DOS history that has been newly rediscovered this decade. Just two years ago, the earliest known version of 86-DOS was ...
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Microsoft open-sources MS-DOS 1.0, offering a rare look at PC history

This is a rare look at the tech giant's first operating system ...
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The Nostalgic Software That Made Microsoft Huge Is Now Open Source For Anyone To Use

Microsoft has published the earliest-discovered version of the DOS operating system on an open-source GitHub repo. This comes after MS-DOS 1.25 and 2.x were open-sourced in 2018 and the source for ...
TechSpot

Microsoft releases the earliest DOS source code ever discovered as open source

Editor's take: Microsoft continues to tightly control the release of some of its most important pieces of legacy software. While enthusiasts and programmers are eager to see newer versions of MS-DOS ...
TechSpot

MS-DOS 4.00 source code's sloppy Git dump breaks build and erases metadata

Facepalm: Microsoft deserves kudos for open-sourcing the MS-DOS 4.00 source code, shedding light on an important milestone in computing history. But the tech giant has bungled the release in a way ...