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It's baaack! Microsoft and IBM open source MS-DOS 4.0

Published: April 26, 2024

How did the operating system so bad it likely steered users to Linux 35 years ago come to be open-sourced now? Here's what happened.

Source: zdnet.com

Microsoft has released the MS-DOS 4.0 source code.

Published: April 26, 2024

The company worked with IBM to release a 1998 uncompiled version DOS 4.0 on Thursday, although unfortunately, this release lacks the app-switching capabilities that landed it the nickname MT-DOS. Multitasking was scrapped in later versions to make way for GUI operating systems like Windows. Microsoft already released MS-DOS 1.25 and 2.0 in 2014, in cooperation with The Computer History Museum.

Source: theverge.com

How CP/M Launched the Next 50 Years of Operating Systems

Published: April 22, 2024

50 years ago this week, PC software pioneer Gary Kildall "demonstrated CP/M, the first commercially successful personal computer operating system in Pacific Grove, California," according to a blog post from Silicon Valley's Computer History Museum. It tells the story of "how his company, Digital Re...

Source: slashdot.org