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minus-square@AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink4•2 years agoIt was about ms basic at the time I believe.
minus-squareQuazarOmegalinkfedilink2•2 years agoInteresting, so they had an open source product back then?
minus-square@AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink8•2 years agoNo, but they were very adamantly against the sharing of ms basic which was their big product (before dos), at a time when software sharing was fairly common.
minus-squareQuazarOmegalinkfedilink2•2 years agoOh ok, makes sense. Funnily enough, it seems they decided to make it open source about 40 years later
It was about ms basic at the time I believe.
Interesting, so they had an open source product back then?
No, but they were very adamantly against the sharing of ms basic which was their big product (before dos), at a time when software sharing was fairly common.
Oh ok, makes sense.
Funnily enough, it seems they decided to make it open source about 40 years later