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There used to be a saying "DOS ain't done 'til Lotus won't run" (although that's now largely regarded as apocryphal/inaccurate), and the memos around the "AARD
by 0xcde4c3db 10y ago
There used to be a saying "DOS ain't done 'til Lotus won't run" (although that's now largely regarded as apocryphal/inaccurate), and the memos around the "AARD code" [1] are fairly damning.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AARD_code https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AARD_code
- 13of40 10y agoThat happened 25 years ago, and even the guy who wrote the code has been dead for eight. I don't think it's a solid data point for predicting what Microsoft is going to do tomorrow.