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		MrZongle2 44 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft makes Zork open-source The cynic in me believes that this only took place after numerous meetings during which the question "is there any way we can still make money from this" was repeatedly answered with "no".

fainpul 44 days ago [–]

My guess is they wanted to create some good publicity for once, to distract from all the shit they get for their AI stunts and Windows fuckups.

textfiles 43 days ago | [–]

Neither of those guesses are the case.

fainpul 42 days ago | | [–]

You seem to know more. Care to explain?

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