Microsoft open sources MS-DOS 4.0

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Zippy Bot · 7 months ago

Microsoft open sources MS-DOS 4.0

@[email protected] · edit-2 7 months ago

If 6.22 is used in military/banking/insurance/energy/heathcare system deep in the critical infrastructure, you don’t want attackers finding weakness in OS that is not patchable.

MudMan · 7 months ago

Making it open source seems to me like the solution to that problem, not the cause. If there is a vulnerability in DOS 6.22 people probably know about it by now. If you’re using it for something critical you probably would have an easier time patching it with full access.