@simonbs Clippy was ahead of his time.

@simonbs No, we weren’t too hard. I’m old enough to have had first-hand experience. Your question shows the softening of time and distance 😀

@simonbs it was ahead of its time

@simonbs To be honest, I never hated Clippy, only thought of it as a distraction. Which it was; instead of doing actual (home)work, I used to entertain myself with Clippy’s (and the other Office Assistant’s) animations.