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6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux? (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago (5 children)

I couldn't name another Microsoft employee if a gun was to my head. but I can still vividly remember myself in 4th grade reading about Bill Gate's mega mansion in Popular Mechanics for Kids

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Steve Ballmer! Developers developers developers! That's the other one I know

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago

I'm somewhat in the same boat but I remember Mister "Developers Developers Developers" Steve Ballmer who was also immortalized by the "Ballmer Peak" XKCD. https://xkcd.com/323/

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Gabe Newell?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 23 hours ago

He would be also be a reasonable person to include on an article citing Steam data.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Holy shit I remember that article too!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

I could but that’s because a friend of mine works on the legacy rendering code in Excel. He has some traumatic war stories to share.