Why did Microsoft use Windows 3.1 for the Windows 95 setup?Windows 95 setup used a clever architecture to create a unified installation process that avoided redundancy and provided a better user experience.
Microsoft and IBM release source code for one of the weirdest versions of MS-DOSMicrosoft open-sourced MS-DOS 4.00, distinct from the anticipated multitasking version. Multitasking became a focus in subsequent Windows and OS/2 releases, not MS-DOS.
Microsoft open sources MS-DOS 4.0Microsoft released the source code for MS-DOS 4.0 on GitHub under the MIT license, unveiling historical insights.
Why did Microsoft use Windows 3.1 for the Windows 95 setup?Windows 95 setup used a clever architecture to create a unified installation process that avoided redundancy and provided a better user experience.
Microsoft and IBM release source code for one of the weirdest versions of MS-DOSMicrosoft open-sourced MS-DOS 4.00, distinct from the anticipated multitasking version. Multitasking became a focus in subsequent Windows and OS/2 releases, not MS-DOS.
Microsoft open sources MS-DOS 4.0Microsoft released the source code for MS-DOS 4.0 on GitHub under the MIT license, unveiling historical insights.
30 years later, FreeDOS is still keeping the dream of the command prompt aliveFreeDOS, originally called PD-DOS in 1994, remains active as the last MS-DOS-compatible OS for running legacy apps on modern or legacy hardware.