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Software archivist discovers and uploads a primordial version of 86-DOS (arstechnica.com)
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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.

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[โ€“] aelwero@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[โ€“] ramble81@lemm.ee 4 points 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.