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Well, I'm not saying to take any code home, but maybe experiment inside of the company with retired devices or anything like that, or maybe updating drivers/kernels/firmwares/whatever to a more recent revision and flash it on older devices just to see what happens or anything.
IDK, but if I'd work for any company like those I mentioned, I'd like to have some spare time to work with some funny/interesting "retro gear" (if available, since the source code for everything would just "be there") just to see how they would behave in more modern days.
To me, one thing is tinkering with retro gear while dealing with "black boxes". Some stuff is so locked down that, without knowledge, you can hit a blocker that is a deal-breaker and give up. Tinkering with those things while having full knowledge of how it works and being able to mess around with the source code is on another level 
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The codebase typically belongs to the company, not the developers who worked for the company. Some parts of the codebase may be licensed from other companies/developers, they can't be published with the codebase even if the company wanted to.
After a sufficiently long time has passed, some companies will place their source code in the public domain (see Microsoft with DOS 1.1). If a company goes bankrupt, someone will still own the IP, and they may place it in the public domain. In all other cases, the code remains proprietary (see Microsoft with Windows).
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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interesting question.
I would sometimes love to look back at some old code from like MS win 3.11(probably available, I just didn't look) or the like. But not sure it would be feasible. For MS or for me. The note from someone about having the code running round with their company name on it. Unlikely to be a good thing for them.
As for taking code home. umm No. I have taken snippets of code home. IE 1-2 lines where I did something really inventive that I thought was worth remembering later. I would change the variable names etc.. and email myself a copy. I then copy those into a Joplin/OneNote, Evernote notepad and can refer to them in the future.
The funny part about that is. If it is code that i know very well. C# etc.. I never refer to it. If it is something I know less well, then the code isn't inventive enough and I usually have to go relearn it.
BUT, it would be awesome when going into a new environment to be able to have access to their old codebase for learning some of the old business rules they had in place and why they did stuff. Quite often in new positions I have discovered that business rules are hardcoded into the source and that is your best bet for discovering how the company works the way it does.
To err is human to really elephant it up you need a computer
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Very interesting, thanks for posting. 
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Well, I'm not saying to take any code home, but maybe experiment inside of the company with retired devices or anything like that, or maybe updating drivers/kernels/firmwares/whatever to a more recent revision and flash it on older devices just to see what happens or anything.
IDK, but if I'd work for any company like those I mentioned, I'd like to have some spare time to work with some funny/interesting "retro gear" (if available, since the source code for everything would just "be there") just to see how they would behave in more modern days.
To me, one thing is tinkering with retro gear while dealing with "black boxes". Some stuff is so locked down that, without knowledge, you can hit a blocker that is a deal-breaker and give up. Tinkering with those things while having full knowledge of how it works and being able to mess around with the source code is on another level
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I know that Apache took on some of the Google Wave code, but I am not sure if it is still active.
I am sure some of tech from Wave made it into Google Docs.
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its mostly archived somewhere...useless........you think people would have time to tinker with old code when they can't fix their own code?...possibly in the future u can ask AI to do that kinda work
Caveat Emptor.
"Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
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My group keeps comprehensive backups due to our products' extraordinary life span, 10 years or more. We limit support to more recent versions.
Archived source code is generally available to the team, although some older items take a minor bit of effort to retrieve.
We have one application, an in-house debugging tool, that has been in active development since 2000.
Software Zen: delete this;
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seriously, I am doing a short presentation in a few hours about Smart Phone security for the masses. Basically telling people not to use TikTok and public wifi.
Thoughts on a joke to start it with?
To err is human to really elephant it up you need a computer
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knock knock who's there 
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What is the name of a popular search engine that most answers to questions can be found with? for $100, Bob.
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Q: How can you tell which one of your friends has the latest fancy smartphone?
A: Don't worry, they'll let you know.
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winner. Thank you
To err is human to really elephant it up you need a computer
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Why didn’t the skeleton have a mobile?
He had no body to talk to!
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"How can you tell when your sister is ..." no, no - wrong forum ... 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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...carrying a child? She gets you a new phone for the Father's Day. 
Advertise here – minimum three posts per day are guaranteed.
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Erm ... no. That's one is both clean and tasteful in comparison. Don't try to guess, it'll only get us both banned.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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and now I am curious.
To err is human to really elephant it up you need a computer
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A man walks into a bar and asks the bartender for the WiFi password.
The bar tender replies "You have to buy a drink first"
So the man buys a beer.
"Ok, so now what's the WiFi password?"
The bartender replies "'You have to buy a drink first', all lower case, no spaces."
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Why is there no public WiFi in Germany?
You're not allowed to ask for anyones SS ID ...
Sorry to all Germans ...
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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You could make a TikTok video of your presentation.
I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.
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All your data is ours.
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
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Gerry Schmitz wrote: All your data is ours.
And you think that is a joke!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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rnbergren wrote: Smart Phone security for the masses
Show up with a brick, and tell them if they're serious about security, that's the phone they should be carrying.
Walk off stage. Presentation over.
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Q: How do you fix a broken tuba?
A: With a "tuba glue."
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