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FCKGW- (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 days ago by Sine_Fine_Belli@lemmy.world to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/42838842

Legendary Microsoft developer reveals the true story behind the most famous product activation key of all time — infamous Windows XP 'FCKGW' licensing key was actually 'a disastrous leak'

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[–] Aqarius@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago (1 children)

You must be one of the Inebriati

[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 days ago

well i was, and then i turned 30 💀