April 14th, 2015

In the Seattle area, people treat you nicer once they learn your last name is Gates

One of the team members during the days of Windows 95 happens to have the last name Gates, no relation.

She says that it’s surprising how nice salespeople are to you once they learn what your last name is.

Go figure.

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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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