{"id":2101,"date":"2014-03-26T10:15:21","date_gmt":"2014-03-26T14:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.hampshire.edu\/theharold\/?p=2101"},"modified":"2014-03-26T10:15:21","modified_gmt":"2014-03-26T14:15:21","slug":"microsoft-makes-source-code-for-ms-dos-and-word-for-windows-available-to-public","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.hampshire.edu\/theharold\/2014\/03\/26\/microsoft-makes-source-code-for-ms-dos-and-word-for-windows-available-to-public\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft makes source code for MS-DOS and Word for Windows available to public"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With help from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.computerhistory.org\/\">Computer History Museum<\/a> in California, Microsoft has opened source code for MS DOS and Word for Windows to the public &#8211; two of the most widely used software from the 1980&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p>MS DOS, the &#8220;Disk Operating System&#8221; is from 1982 for IBM compatible personal computers. This version of the OS is only 12K bytes &#8211; only a fraction of the average storage space required for today&#8217;s operating systems (Windows 7 requires an average of 10GB). \u00a0 \u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.computerhistory.org\/_static\/atchm\/microsoft-ms-dos-early-source-code\/\"><em>Microsoft MS-DOS early source code from the Computer History Museum<\/em><\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>The version of Word for Windows made available is from 1990. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.computerhistory.org\/_static\/atchm\/microsoft-word-for-windows-1-1a-source-code\/\"><em>Microsoft Word for Windows Version 1.1a Source Code at Computer History Museum<\/em><\/a>)<\/p>\n<h2>Sources<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.computerhistory.org\/_static\/atchm\/microsoft-ms-dos-early-source-code\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2103 alignright\" alt=\"102716228p-03-01-01-300x224\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.hampshire.edu\/theharold\/files\/2014\/03\/102716228p-03-01-01-300x224.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.hampshire.edu\/theharold\/files\/2014\/03\/102716228p-03-01-01-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.hampshire.edu\/theharold\/files\/2014\/03\/102716228p-03-01-01-300x224-210x156.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Computer History Museum Press Release:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.computerhistory.org\/press\/ms-source-code.html\">Computer History Museum Makes Historic MS-DOS and Word for Windows Source Code Available to the Public &#8211;\u00a0As a part of its Historical Source Code Series<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Microsoft Blog Post:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.technet.com\/b\/microsoft_blog\/archive\/2014\/03\/25\/microsoft-makes-source-code-for-ms-dos-and-word-for-windows-available-to-public.aspx\">Microsoft makes source code for MS-DOS and Word for Windows available to public &#8211; The Official Microsoft Blog &#8211; Site Home &#8211; TechNet Blogs<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With help from the Computer History Museum in California, Microsoft has opened source code for MS DOS and Word for Windows to the public &#8211; two of the most widely used software from the 1980&#8217;s. MS DOS, the &#8220;Disk Operating System&#8221; is from 1982 for IBM compatible personal computers. 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