In the month after DirectX 3 was released, “directx” became the number one most-searched-for term on microsoft.com. That in itself wasn’t too surprising. What was more surprising was the word in sixth place: “sex”.
That puzzles me to this day. What kind of people search for “sex” on microsoft.com? And what were they expecting to find?
Raymond has been involved in the evolution of Windows for more than 30 years. In 2003, he began a Web site known as The Old New Thing which has grown in popularity far beyond his wildest imagination, a development which still gives him the heebie-jeebies. The Web site spawned a book, coincidentally also titled The Old New Thing (Addison Wesley 2007). He occasionally appears on the Windows Dev Docs Twitter account to tell stories which convey no useful information.
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