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Re:Visual Studio Code is now open source by bitwize on Wednesday November 18, 2015 @11:10AM (#10588489)
You mean like Microsoft Disk Operating System from back in the day?
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Re:Visual Studio Code is now open source by laumars on Wednesday November 18, 2015 @11:28AM (#10588684)
Amusing counter argument, but the pendant in me wants to point out that the DOS-name was inherited from the SCP product MS bought[1] rather than a naming convention MS created

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/86-DOS

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Re:Visual Studio Code is now open source by Kliment on Wednesday November 18, 2015 @11:34AM (#10588739)
I wouldn't comment on any other word, but it's "pedant". :)
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Re:Visual Studio Code is now open source by laumars on Wednesday November 18, 2015 @11:56AM (#10588927)
haha Muphry's Law[1] strikes again!

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muphry%27s_law

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Re:Visual Studio Code is now open source by chris_wot on Wednesday November 18, 2015 @02:55PM (#10590269)
No, he literally swallowed a pendant and it's doing odd things to his self-control.
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Re:Visual Studio Code is now open source by bitwize on Wednesday November 18, 2015 @01:20PM (#10589633)
And the pedant in me wishes to assert that Windows, strictly, follows the rule; it was originally sold as a windowing system for DOS, and the generic use of the word "window" to mean a rectangular section of the screen set aside for program output was well established.
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Re:Visual Studio Code is now open source by antod on Wednesday November 18, 2015 @03:09PM (#10590374)
Ahhh back when the acronym WIMP used to mean something :)
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