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		themadturk on July 13, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: CP/M is really open-source now Microsoft also had FORTRAN and COBOL (and maybe Pascal? Not sure). They were known for their languages.

lproven on July 14, 2022 [–]

This is true but only a partial picture. MS-DOS was Microsoft's first OS.

In the early days (roughly, the 1970s) Microsoft only produced programming languages. So, yes, the company was known for it, but only inasmuch as it was known for nothing else.

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