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All Things Microsoft => Microsoft as a Company => Topic started by: mydiom on 8 September 2003, 08:56

Title: MICROSOFT AND DOS
Post by: mydiom on 8 September 2003, 08:56
Microsoft is Miclosesource
DOS - Don't Open Source

That's why microsoft and dos is NOT OPEN SOURCE.

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Title: MICROSOFT AND DOS
Post by: Zombie9920 on 8 September 2003, 21:00
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Title: MICROSOFT AND DOS
Post by: Calum on 8 September 2003, 12:51
MS-DOS is not open source, and also it is officially abandonware. However DR-DOS is not, and neither is FreeDOS. both are open source. FreeDOS is released under the GPL, and DR-DOS is released under either a free closed source licence or a paid for restricted open source licence.
Title: MICROSOFT AND DOS
Post by: gump420 on 8 September 2003, 13:59
quote:
Originally posted by Calum:
MS-DOS is not open source, and also it is officially abandonware. However DR-DOS is not, and neither is FreeDOS. both are open source. FreeDOS is released under the GPL, and DR-DOS is released under either a free closed source licence or a paid for restricted open source licence.


way too informative for a guy who made a lame-ass attempt at being funny
Title: MICROSOFT AND DOS
Post by: Refalm on 8 September 2003, 20:29
quote:
maghor: way too informative for a guy who made a lame-ass attempt at being funny


way too lame for a guy who made a dumb-ass attempt at being a jerk
Title: MICROSOFT AND DOS
Post by: mc0282 on 8 September 2003, 22:32
and both you are fucking funny...
Title: MICROSOFT AND DOS
Post by: mobrien_12 on 8 September 2003, 23:53
Calum, where did you find the source for DRDOS?
Title: MICROSOFT AND DOS
Post by: Calum on 9 September 2003, 02:34
i didn't. i don't have the source for it, however if you visit http://drdos.com/ (http://drdos.com/products.html) you will see that DeviceLogics (current owners and vendors of DR-DOS) are officially offering their DOS source code to paying licenced customers.

restricted and will probably be like those horrible AT&T nondisclosure licences, but it's basically halfway between microsoft's shared source farce and real open sourceness.
Title: MICROSOFT AND DOS
Post by: gump420 on 9 September 2003, 04:11
quote:
Originally posted by Refalm:


way too lame for a guy who made a dumb-ass attempt at being a jerk


quite an ironic choice of words (-;
Title: MICROSOFT AND DOS
Post by: Refalm on 9 September 2003, 18:06
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maghor: (-;[/QB]


Btw, is your smiley a mutant? It looks kinda weird...