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[–] 18 points 1 year ago

It was really Melinda Gates. Clippy was as spinoff of Microsoft Bob, which was a pet project of hers. It was a really bad idea for a UI, but since she was the wife of the CEO, they did everything to try to make something out of it. Kept its loose entrails going for decades.

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