I'm reading that book, too, after I finished "Coders At Work" by Peter Seibel. Ken Thompson is one of the coders interviewed in that book, so it's worth the read if you're interested in what he's working on at Google.

Look on the bright side; electric kettles used to be illegal in the U.S. They were thought to be a fire hazard.

The "subtlety" here is that Windows is needlessly complex.

There, fixed that for you. :-P

Umm, fansubs aren't 'acted'. They're 'typed'.

Perhaps his next job will be at Microsoft. That company is in need of self destructive management.

"Perhaps his next job will be at Microsoft. That company is in need of more self destructive management."

Fixed that for ya. Don't go selling Ballmer short.

Well, left wing lunatics just cry, wring their hands, and spend money.
Right wing lunatics shoot people and blow stuff up.

So yeah, I'd say replacing them with left wing lunatics is better.

Five years? That's insanely optimistic.

Five months, if they're lucky.

Is that all?
Dude, they're so inept they are lacking competent janitors!

Oh, crud, you're right. Memory's going in my old age.
It was Watcom 6.0, so numbered because it was greater than Microsoft C 5.0 at the time.

Watcom was even better. The first release of their C/C++ compiler was Watcom C 10.0. They picked 10 because it was bigger than any competitor's version number at the time.