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Old 03-26-2014, 01:24 PM   #1
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OS and text processor now open-sourced by Microsoft!


Well, these are not the very latest versions and the licenses are a bit restrictive, but still these products are free to use and make derivative works for a non commercial usage

Thanks to them and to the Computer History Museum, you can get it here and there.
 
Old 03-26-2014, 01:41 PM   #2
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Jeremy posted it too.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ic-4175499432/

Thanks. :-)
 
Old 03-26-2014, 01:56 PM   #3
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Who would try to use them commercially? :O
 
Old 03-26-2014, 04:06 PM   #4
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// I'm going to close this one as a dupe, to keep all discussion in one place.

--jeremy
 
  


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