Microsoft veteran almost got fired for adding ZIP file support to Windows 30 years ago
Former Microsoft employee Dave Plummer shares how he almost got fired for adding ZIP file support to Windows 30 years ago.
Source: windowscentral.com
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This 'temporary' code in Windows has been left unchanged for 30 years
Despite being implemented as a temporary solution in 1994, the format drive user interface in Windows has not been updated in three decades. The developer behind the feature shared the story of the in
Source: windowscentral.com
The Format dialog is another temporary solution in Windows that stuck around for 30 years
Dave Plummer, a Microsoft veteran, shared a story about porting the Format dialog from Windows 95 to Windows NT. What was intended as a temporary solution ended up lasting almost three decades.
Source: neowin.net
Microsoft used a 'USB Cart of Death' to debug early Windows PCs — the crash cart had 60 daisy-chained USB devices that would often trigger BSODs
A veteran developer recalls stabilizing and toughening Windows USB support using a repurposed mail trolley nicknamed the USB Cart of Death.
Source: tomshardware.com