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Microsoft 3D Movie Maker from 1995 Is Now Open-Source
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Re: Microsoft 3D Movie Maker from 1995 Is Now Open-Source
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The article you're commenting on specifically mentions that this all started because of someone asking Microsoft to do this on Twitter
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#23Old software from yester-decade should always be open-sourced. And the fact that it isn't is a darn shame.
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#24Rat Movie 3 when?
We are the rats
We are the rats
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#25Microsoft Comic Chat next, please
I didn't get this reference, thought it'd be something about comic sans, haha. In case others are unfamiliar, too: > Microsoft Comic Chat is a graphic IRC client created by Microsoft, first released with Internet Explorer 3.0 in 1996. Comic Chat was developed by Microsoft Researcher David Kurlander, with Microsoft Research's Virtual Worlds Group and later a group he managed in Microsoft's Internet Division. https://e…
But it is about Comic Sans! As mentioned in the article, Comic Sans was shipped with Comic Chat to render the text. It just managed to outlive the associated software.
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#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
if this means BRender is open source too, and I get to play the first Carmageddon with 3DFX Glide on conveniently, happy days. I can hear the CD spin up Fear Factory already.
Foone managed to have BRender open-sourced too https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1521574394761383936
Carpocalypse Now!
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#28I just want the regular Windows Movie Maker to come back. It’s crazy how good that thing was for making basic movies. Simple non-linear editing that just worked.
Then they got rid of it and replaced it with… nothing?
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#29How can we ask to open source Visual Basic 6?
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#30I just want the regular Windows Movie Maker to come back. It’s crazy how good that thing was for making basic movies. Simple non-linear editing that just worked. Then they got rid of it and replaced it with… nothing?
I think Clipchamp, which they bought recently, is intended to be the new default video editing experience for Windows.