Microsoft Ends 35-Year Legacy of Oldest Office App
Microsoft has discontinued one of its oldest Office applications after 35 years, marking the end of an era for the long-standing software.
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Microsoft releases Bill Gates' 1976 6502 BASIC as open source
Microsoft has open-sourced its 1976 version of BASIC for the MOS 6502 processor, providing assembly source code on GitHub under the MIT License, highlighting its historical significance in personal computing and early software development.
"Exploring Microsoft's Unreleased OS/2 2.0: A Road Not Taken"
An unreleased preview of Microsoft's OS/2 2.0, developed during the company's partnership with IBM, has been unearthed and made available on the Internet Archive. This build, dating back to July 1990, showcases Microsoft's work on OS/2 before the company shifted its focus to Windows. The preview, which differs significantly from the version eventually released by IBM, offers a glimpse into a pivotal moment in PC history. This discovery follows the recent unearthing of an early build of 86-DOS, shedding light on the often-contentious partnership between IBM and Microsoft. Ultimately, the development of OS/2 3.0 by Microsoft evolved into Windows NT, which later merged with consumer versions of Windows, while a modernized branch of OS/2 called ArcaOS continues to run on modern hardware.