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Microsoft Just Released MS-DOS Source Code! (github.com)

submitted 6 months ago by pastermil@sh.itjust.works to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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[-] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 86 points 6 months ago

i remember writing .bat files and pretending they were really fancy update scripts when i was like ten they did nothing but it was still fun :)

[-] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml 59 points 6 months ago

Like half of my job is writing .bat files to automate stuff locally and not tell my boss that all I do anymore is double click the right things in the right order...

[-] CatTrickery@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 6 months ago

I had a job like that and powershell was a godsend. I let it slip when I accidentally set the multiplier for the delay randomiser too low and it did a months work in a morning. I ended up writing a guide for the others there when I left but sadly everyone but me had computers that supported newer versions of Windows where the scripts ended up broken. They asked me to come back and update it the Monday after I left. I asked if they would pay me to do it. They said no. Then I said no.

[-] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago

This is part of why I still have manual kickoffs for mine. Never need to worry about work getting done while I'm away or getting done suspiciously fast. Also they should have paid you lol, the dingdongs. Would cost a lot more just in work lost having someone else spend time deciphering and fixing it. They could always get someone else up to speed with the system after it is fixed by you so there's little or no down time