I wonder how long it'll be before they release the source for the earliest Windows versions. The fact that they still have the source for this very old DOS at least gives hope that they also do for old Windows.

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GaryBluto 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

The day they would make Windows 2000 codebase open source (or source available) would be the day I could die happy (although I'd probably be long dead anyways by the time there's a glimmerof chance of it happening). What a beautiful, smooth-running operating system it was.

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NitpickLawyer 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Wasn't there a 2000 source leak a while ago? I remember some exploits coming out after the leak.

	▲	toyg an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Yes but it could not be legally used by anything.

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optymizer 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Agreed. It's still my favorite Windows version.

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londons_explore 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

There is a mostly complete leak of it...

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WalterBright 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It shouldn't be hard to disassemble it.

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protocolture 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I imagine its not far off. I get the impression they are almost done with windows as a platform.

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teamsolid 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I am sure that there is a lot good material to take inspiration and learning even from the early Windows 3.11.

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mycall 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Do a deep dive into how OS/360 formalized to having DOS.

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SoftTalker 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

/s ?

	▲	AlecSchueler 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Pretty sure it's a bot or simple karma farming operation.

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throwaway27448 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

They waited a couple decades too long for this to be of interest.