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Someone ported Word from 1990 to run in Windows 11, and it's perhaps the ultimate protest against Microsoft's bloat

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Developer Justin Marshall ported Word for Windows 1.1a, a 1990 word processor, to run natively on Windows 11, using source code Microsoft released years ago. The result uses less than 1MB of RAM, making it a stark contrast to today's bloated software, though copyright restrictions mean building it requires significant technical skills.

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