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Microsoft makes source code for MS-DOS and Word for Windows available to public

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First post, by SedrynTyros

Posted on 2014-03-25, 17:52

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http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_blog/arc … -to-public.aspx

Reply 1 of 7, by Dominus

Posted on 2014-03-25, 18:34

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Not something I expected to happen. EVER!

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Reply 2 of 7, by leileilol

Posted on 2014-03-25, 18:50

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1. DOSBox IS NOT SUITED TO RUN YOUR NON-GAMING DOS APPLICATION
2. Microsoft makes source code for MS-DOS and Word for Windows available to public

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Reply 3 of 7, by Zorbid

Posted on 2014-03-26, 00:28

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leileilol wrote:
1. DOSBox IS NOT SUITED TO RUN YOUR NON-GAMING DOS APPLICATION
2. Microsoft makes source code for MS-DOS and Word for Windows available to public

Why 1.?

Reply 4 of 7, by mr_bigmouth_502

Posted on 2014-03-26, 05:11

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I was excited, until I read that they were only releasing the source code for MSDOS 1.1 and 2.0. It would have been cool if they had released the code for 6.22 or 7.xx or hell even 5.xx, but the versions they released the source to are just too old to really do anything useful with.

Reply 5 of 7, by Zup

Posted on 2014-03-26, 10:20

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Warning! Read the license!

This code may be unusable for DOSBox. The license says that you can not use for a commercial product, nor distribute derivative works for commercial uses (i.e.: bye, bye, GoG). Messing with this code can be very dangerous.

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Reply 6 of 7, by ovvldc

Posted on 2014-03-27, 06:36

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No t much of a release, then. More like a quick parade in front of the audience with no petting.

Reply 7 of 7, by JoeCorrado

Posted on 2014-03-27, 10:20

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mr_bigmouth_502 wrote:
... only releasing the source code for MSDOS 1.1 and 2.0..

HUMBUG! The "release" is just a tease- a PR stunt. I had my hopes up for a minute. 😠

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