Ten years after releasing the source code of MS-DOS 1.25 and 2.0, Microsoft is making yet another contribution to the world of open-source software preservation. Working in ...

Working with the Computer History Museum, Microsoft is making the source code for MS DOS 1.1 and 2.0 and Word for Windows 1.1a available for non-commercial use.

The source code for MS DOS 1.1 and 2.0 and Microsoft Word for Windows 1.1a is now entirely free and public for the first time. Roy Levin, from Microsoft Research, reminisces: ...

" MS - DOS ", which is an OS for PCs developed and sold by Microsoft, is one of the most important software in computer history. Source code of such MS - DOS finally was released on GitHub.

Microsoft, in conjunction with the Computer History Museum in Silicon Valley, has released the source code for MS-DOS 1.1, MS-DOS 2.0, and Word for Windows 1.1a. These programs are probably the ...

Ever wonder what made MS-DOS tick? Soon, interested geeks will be able to root around inside the original source code for MS-DOS 1.1 and 2.0, as well as ...

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.

This is the first time the source code for either of these programs has been offered to the public. Source code for MS-DOS 1.1 and 2.0 is available.

Facepalm: Microsoft deserves kudos for open-sourcing the MS-DOS 4.00 source code, shedding light on an important milestone in computing history.But the tech giant has bungled the release in a way ...

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) releases old source code. MS-DOS and Word For Windows are downloadable (but don’t call them ‘open’). The Computer History Museum (CHM) hosts the files for us, calling ...

@boxy thanks for bringing up Free DOS, I was going to mention it myself. The only reason I could see to be interested is in this release of the MS DOS 4.0 source code would be for historical ...

Microsoft announced today that it’s partnering with the Computer History Museum to make the source code for early versions of MS-DOS and Word for Windows available to the public for the first time.