It's not exactly what you're looking for, but I've always been fond of Raymond Chen's "What if two programs did this?" thought experiment: https://blogs.msdn.m

It's not exactly what you're looking for, but I've always been fond of Raymond Chen's "What if two programs did this?" thought experiment: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20050607-00/?p=35413 https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20050607-00/?p=...