There was a morning meeting event at which donuts were provided as an enticement. Someone commented on the food thus: “These donuts failed to meet expectations.”
Peter Sagal remarked that the phrase “emerging to standard” has entered currency in his family as a euphemism for “substandard”. (Opening panel round, final question, time code 1:20.) However, the proposal to replace “failed” with “deferred success” was ultimately defeated.
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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