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I didn't realize MS-DOS was training me for Linux

How early DOS command-line skills helped me climb the Linux learning curve.
PC World

Windows 11 can still run the PC games you grew up with. Here’s how

PCWorld demonstrates how Windows 11 users can run classic PC games from the 80s and 90s using DOSBox, a free emulator that simulates MS-DOS environments. DOSBox supports vintage titles like ...
TechSpot

Microsoft releases the earliest DOS source code ever discovered as open source

Editor's take: Microsoft continues to tightly control the release of some of its most important pieces of legacy software. While enthusiasts and programmers are eager to see newer versions of MS-DOS ...
Ars Technica

Microsoft open-sources “the earliest DOS source code discovered to date”

Several times in the last couple of decades, Microsoft has released source code for the original MS-DOS operating system that kicked off its decades-long dominance of consumer PCs. This week, the ...
TechCrunch

Microsoft says it has over 20M paid Copilot users, and they really are using it

Despite the lingering perception that no one really uses Copilot, Microsoft said Wednesday that its user base and engagement are growing for the AI tool that’s baked into M365 apps like Word, Excel, ...
PC World

Microsoft open-sources 86-DOS 1.00, the ancestor of Windows

Microsoft open-sourced 86-DOS 1.00 source code on GitHub for its 45th anniversary, according to PCWorld, including kernel and PC-DOS development snapshots. This historically significant software, ...
GitHub

Microsoft makes source code for MS-DOS available to public

DOS 2.0 was almost twice as big as DOS 1.0, using 28 Kbytes of memory instead of 12 Kbytes. It shipped in March 1983 with the PC-XT as PC-DOS 2.0, and was released to other computer manufacturers as ...
Redmond Magazine

Microsoft Open Sources Earliest DOS Code on Anniversary

Microsoft on Tuesday released the earliest known DOS source code materials found to date to mark the 45th anniversary of 86-DOS 1.00. The new software preservation effort announced on the Microsoft ...
ZDNet

Microsoft finally open sources DOS 1.0 - and it's so much more than the code

PC-DOS 1.00 would lead to Microsoft becoming computing's top dog Microsoft continues to embrace open source. The source code and annotations provide insight into the operating system's earliest days.
Inc

Microsoft Copilot Is Using a Surprising AI Trick to Create More Accurate Research Reports

Microsoft has announced some major upgrades to its 365 Copilot platform, including to the latest version of its Researcher agent, and the soft launch of its Copilot Cowork feature, built in ...
Microsoft

Using inexpensive MicroLEDs, Microsoft networking innovation aims to make datacenters more efficient

CAMBRIDGE, U.K. — Before appearing on a screen in your hand or on your desk, this story and its photos existed as pulses of light, fired by lasers, that passed through strands of glass as fine as a ...
Fast Company

Microsoft banned this word from its Discord server. It’s now a viral phenomenon—people are using it any way they can

A note to corporations everywhere: Asking politely for the internet to stop making fun of you often has the opposite effect. Microsoft may have just learned that lesson the hard way, after it ...