The oldest-known version of MS-DOS’s predecessor has been discovered and uploaded
arstechnica.com
86-DOS would later be bought by Microsoft and take over the computing world.

Software archivist discovers and uploads a primordial version of 86-DOS::86-DOS would later be bought by Microsoft and take over the computing world.

    • aelwero@lemmy.worldEnglish
      261·
      1 year ago

      Microsoft purchased pretty much everything they’ve ever “produced”… There was a time when the best business model possible for a good startup idea was to invest just enough time and money into it to get on the MS radar and get bought out.

      • ramble81@lemm.eeEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        Case in point why Excel and Word have such different multiple instance launching mechanisms. They were two different companies and they never completely unified how the apps work. I believe SCCM/SCOM is another one.

    • xor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      13·
      1 year ago

      well they did change it somewhat…
      i heard the original creator killed himself over the deal