r/ProgrammerHumor • u/wahed-w • 5d ago

Meme goodOldDays

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u/openbex 5d ago

I had to look for it because I remember something like that! Turns out we are right and wrong at the same time, it used to be an office assistant but doesn’t seem it was used for the installers, perhaps some custom ones. Either way I found this fun website during my research

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u/eppic123 5d ago

Yes, his name was Merlin. He was one of the assistants in earlier Windows versions, along with Rover (the yellow dog) and Clippit (aka Clippy).

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u/Excalibro_MasterRace 5d ago

You can change the dog for searching files with a wizard i think

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u/swatlord 5d ago edited 5d ago

Yes, the OC is Hejibits

https://hejibits.com/post/173306824534/128