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* Posts by crispert

4 publicly visible posts • joined 9 Nov 2019

Microsoft solicits Clippy comeback – later reveals it had already decided to bring back the peppy paperclip

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Rebranding

Maybe they should also rename the company McLippysoft.

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Visual Basic 6 returns: You've been a good developer all year. You have social distanced, you have helped your mom. Here's your reward

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Re: Nice

It's named after 'Java Coffee', which was a café where the language creators met. Additionally all .class files start with the bytes 'cafebabe'. Initially the language was known internally as 'Oak' after a tree in front of James Gosling's office at Sun.

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Windows to become emulation layer atop Linux kernel, predicts Eric Raymond

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Re: Funny thought...

Your comment is a brighter gem than Monty Python's 'Oscar Wilde' bit.

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Microsoft's phrase of the week was 'tech intensity' and, no, we're not sure what it means either

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One might also state the formula (developing on Ken Moorhouse's comment): The adopted tech if capable can't be trusted and if the adopted tech can be trusted then it's not capable. Or considering all possibilities: The more capable the tech and the more you adopt the less you can trust. (Nadella's law)

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