ryujin470@fedia.io to Technology@lemmy.world · 9 days agoMicrosoft open-sources MS-DOS 1.0, offering a rare look at PC historywww.xda-developers.comexternal-linkmessage-square30linkfedilinkarrow-up1310arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up1302arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft open-sources MS-DOS 1.0, offering a rare look at PC historywww.xda-developers.comryujin470@fedia.io to Technology@lemmy.world · 9 days agomessage-square30linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareEndymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up15·9 days agoDid the CP/M or PC-DOS guys agree to this?
minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down1·9 days agoI’m sure the Microsoft lawyers went over it thoroughly first. They are very concerned with licenses for things that are to be open-sourced.
minus-squareThe_Decryptor@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·9 days agoCP/M is already open source, so I’m not sure the surviving devs will mind.
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 days agoWhy would CP/M have a dog in the fight? They were a competitor and, if I understand my history right, the wrong horse. And By the PC-DOS guys, you mean IBM?
Did the CP/M or PC-DOS guys agree to this?
I’m sure the Microsoft lawyers went over it thoroughly first. They are very concerned with licenses for things that are to be open-sourced.
CP/M is already open source, so I’m not sure the surviving devs will mind.
Why would CP/M have a dog in the fight? They were a competitor and, if I understand my history right, the wrong horse.
And By the PC-DOS guys, you mean IBM?