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

Re:Microsoft makes source code for MS-DOS and Word for Windo... by sai1511 on Tuesday March 25, 2014 @01:06PM (#7467110)

I think making IE open source will be very interesting....!

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Re:Microsoft makes source code for MS-DOS and Word for Windo... by MrZongle2 on Tuesday March 25, 2014 @01:22PM (#7467250)

Maybe in the same way a tour of a sausage factory would be interesting....

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Re:Microsoft makes source code for MS-DOS and Word for Windo... by fbeans on Tuesday March 25, 2014 @01:32PM (#7467345)

Although a sausage factory would be bad, at least each tour would be standard, and at least visiting that sausage factory wouldn't compromise your security and your liberty and finally when you get home with your free tour sausages, at least they'd interact with your saucepan the same way all the other sausages do.

Perhaps I've taken this meataphor too far?

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Re:Microsoft makes source code for MS-DOS and Word for Windo... by MrZongle2 on Tuesday March 25, 2014 @01:53PM (#7467514)

Perhaps. But I was amused. :D

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Re:Microsoft makes source code for MS-DOS and Word for Windo... by zhte415 on Wednesday March 26, 2014 @04:03AM (#7472148)

I have been on a tour of a sausage factory. It is extremely interesting. For example, all pigs are required to be of a length, weight, and several other dimensions, in order to be approved to join the production line.

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Re:Microsoft makes source code for MS-DOS and Word for Windo... by dtech on Tuesday March 25, 2014 @01:26PM (#7467292)

Well they just released source from 1980 and IE1 is from 1995, so wait another 15 years.

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Re:Microsoft makes source code for MS-DOS and Word for Windo... by sirkneeland on Tuesday March 25, 2014 @01:33PM (#7467351)

And when they release the source code for IE6, there will still be people using it...

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Re:Microsoft makes source code for MS-DOS and Word for Windo... by yuhong on Tuesday March 25, 2014 @01:24PM (#7467268)

I wonder if at least providing shared source limited to IE would be possible.

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