Flounder ModeJan 17, 2025
Every now and again I remember that the Super Brain Genius Number One Special Boy Who Really Wishes Actual Engineers Would Take Him Seriously got shitcanned from PayPal because he thought it was a good idea to ditch UNIX and move to Windows NT
Show threadRussell Garner
@pikesley do what guv
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@rgarner https://dev.to/francotel/elon-musk-windows-vs-linux-and-his-paypal-firing-56jn
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Show threadRussell GarnerJan 17, 2025
@pikesley well fuck me
Show threadRussell GarnerJan 17, 2025
@pikesley to be fair, I ended up a Windows dev myself for a long time just because the games were better. I know. I know.
Show threadHeddersJan 17, 2025
@rgarner @pikesley I was a Windows sysadmin for a while. I literally have PTSD from NT 4.
Show threadJeffrey Rogers 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Feb 5
@hedders @rgarner @pikesley Where I worked we had some windows source code as we were contracted to change some aspects. NT was commonly referred to as Not Tested.
Show threadAaron Sawdey, Ph.D.Jan 22, 2025
@pikesley @rgarner Reminds me of the geniuses at SGI a few years earlier ... they wanted to ditch IRIX in favor of NT, and their MIPS processors in favor of Itanium.
Show threadDr. Juande Santander-VelaFeb 15
@acsawdey @pikesley @rgarner really, the material CEOs are made of is not the best…