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
      25•6 months 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•6 months 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
      -2•6 months ago

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