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Microsoft open-sources 1990s cartoon chat app

Microsoft has open-sourced Comic Chat, a cartoon-based chat application developed in the mid-1990s. The tool allowed users to communicate using cartoon characters and was an experimental project from a time when software development teams were more willing to explore unconventional ideas. This release offers a glimpse into early attempts at creating more engaging and visually expressive communication platforms. AI

RANK_REASON The cluster describes the open-sourcing of a legacy software product, not a new AI release or significant industry development.

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Microsoft open-sources 1990s cartoon chat app

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  1. The Register — AI TIER_1 English(EN) ·

    Microsoft open-sources Comic Chat, its cartoon IRC curiosity

    Step back three decades to 'a period when software teams were willing to color outside the lines'