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> If there was no code review (and there probably wasn't during the Windows 3.1 era) Just recently an ex MS employee talked about this topic on YouTube in the
by alpaca128 4y ago
> If there was no code review (and there probably wasn't during the Windows 3.1 era)
Just recently an ex MS employee talked about this topic on YouTube in the context of possible backdoors [0]. Some developers were each responsible for a component of the system and would indeed check code changes, which led to an intern not getting a job at MS after he decided to integrate an easter egg.
[0] https://youtu.be/CR7i1UfBtQM?t=10 https://youtu.be/CR7i1UfBtQM?t=10