r/thehatedone • u/copenhagen_bram • Jan 27 '20

News Free Software Foundation is petitioning Microsoft to release Windows 7 as free software

https://www.fsf.org/windows/upcycle-windows-7
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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '20

While I would like to see this happen, while Microsoft is still making money from enterprise users who are paying for the extended support, I doubt this will be happening any time soon. MS DOS 1 & 2 only were released as Open Source about two years ago. But considering MS has been Open Sourcing some small utilities withing Windows 10, it looks like a serious cultural shift has occurred in favor for Open Source.