OT: Windows profanity

From: Cini, Richard <RCini_at_congressfinancial.com>
Date: Thu Mar 18 09:54:11 2004

Actually this analysis was performed recently but for the life of me I can't
remember where I saw it. I think I read the "curses histogram" on Slashdot
but a quick search didn't produce any links. As I remember, "bugbug" was one
of the top items, along with the "f-word".


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On Thu, 18 Mar 2004, Doc Shipley wrote:

> Just as a comparative data point - when Australia passed its blue
> laws, there were some concerns as to whether the Linux source would
> pass scrutiny. The "F Word" appears very frequently in the comments.
Yeah, I remember most of my code told tales of evil hardware
bugs in the comments... :)

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