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>This project is a fully working native Windows x64 port of Microsoft Word for Windows 1.1a, whose historical codename was Opus. Not to be confused with the Anthropic LLM model Opus - what was once an old codename is as good as new once again!
And not to be confused with its plural form "opera".
(Also some Norwegians and a Web browser?)
how complicated would a port to linux be ?
how complicated would a port to linux be ?
Earlier quoted context omitted.
The original source for WfW 1.1a was open sourced (I realize that doesn't mean there isn't copyright, but it's unlikely to be the reason that there are no pics): https://github.com/danielcosta/MSWORD
The license isn't really open source. It's more like source available. Non-commercial use only. https://github.com/danielcosta/MSWORD/blob/master/LICENSE says You may use, copy, compile, and create Derivative Works of the software, and run the software and Derivative Works on simulators or hardware solely for non-commercial research, experimentation, and educational purposes. Examples of non-commercial uses are teach…
There is now a published GitHub of a derivative work.
A screenshot or two would have been nice
There is a screenshot in the original source code release: https://computerhistory.org/blog/microsoft-word-for-windows-...
