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| From | Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> |
| Newsgroups | alt.comp.os.windows-10, comp.lang.c, comp.lang.c++, alt.comp.os.windows-11 |
| Subject | Re: A dispute over the TAB key highlights a mismatch between Microsoft and IBM organizational structures by Raymond Chen |
| Date | Fri, 8 May 2026 18:32:43 -0500 |
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On 5/8/2026 6:18 PM, pyotr filipivich wrote: > Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> on Wed, 6 May 2026 15:43:58 > -0500 typed in alt.comp.os.windows-11 the following: >> “A dispute over the TAB key highlights a mismatch between Microsoft and >> IBM organizational structures” by Raymond Chen >> https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20260505-00/?p=112298 >> >> “I’ve written in the past about the cultural mismatch between Microsoft >> and IBM during the collaboration on OS/2, with the Microsofties viewing >> their IBM colleagues as mired in pointless bureaucracy and the IBM folks >> viewing Microsofties as undisciplined hackers.¹” >> >> “One of many points of mismatch was the organizational structure.” >> >> “A colleague recalls that while he was assigned to the IBM offices in >> Boca Raton, Florida, there was a dispute over what key should be used to >> move from one field to another in dialog boxes. The folks at IBM were >> not happy with my colleague’s decision to use the TAB key, so they asked >> him to escalate the issue to his manager back in Redmond.” >> >> Ok, that resolution is funny. > > I just wish "they" had left the Tab key above the shift key. I'm > still hitting CAPS LOCK when I meant to tab over after all these > years. ... Me too. I am in the midst of converting 800,000 lines of F77 code to C++. I hit the dadgum Capslock key all the time instead of the Tab key whilst reformatting my new C++ code. And I have been using this 1991 Northgate Omnikey/102 keyboard since 1992. Lynn
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