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I can think of 10 reasons why other than lost the source code. How about broke the build.

• mikestew 9y ago
  Building it was my first thought. Microsoft has copies of their old compilers, but you need a machine that can host it and the compiler. In the end, it could have been easier to just manually patch it. I’m not the guy for the job, but I’ve worked with those that could likely do it, and correctly and quickly enough that it would be a valid option.
  • pmalynin 9y ago
    It was either that or spending 4 weeks with CoreXT
• poizan42 9y ago
  Microsoft didn't write it, it is licensed from Design Science (it is just a light weight version of MathType), so it is likely they never had the source code.
  • finchisko 9y ago
    exactly that.