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FreeDOS 1.4: Still DOS, still FOSS, more modern than ever
… the FreeDOS kernel is still the same version from FreeDOS 1.3 because the new kernel is not ready yet. For now, FreeDOS 1.4 ...
Millions of Windows XP disks secretly included Microsoft's failed search assistant to keep pirates at bay — "Bob was actually more useful dead than alive"
Bob resurfaced from Microsoft's Graveyard to pad out the 30MB of free space in Windows XP, keeping pirates at bay.
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FreeDOS 1.4 Released
Even in 2025 there are still many applications for a simple Disk Operating System (DOS), whether this includes running legacy ...
Microsoft turns 50 today, and it made me think about MS-DOS 5.0
To get the answer, just put a decimal point in the number "50"—my first Microsoft product was MS-DOS 5.0.
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FreeDOS, the Open-Source MS-DOS, Is Now 30 Years Old (And Still Going)
Today, the project is turning 30 years old. The FreeDOS project dates back to 1994, when Microsoft announced that its disk operating system (MS-DOS) would be phased out, as the company’s ...