So you love Windows?

Here is what MS Developers have to say about their own code!!. Having been there, I can vouch for the fact that the development practise is still to put 20 developers in a room and ask each one to go and do something by himself/ herself!!!

http://www.vanwensveen.nl/rants/microsoft/IhateMS_2.html

In the file private\ntos\rtl\heap.c, which dates from 1989:
// The specific idiot in this case is Office95, which likes
// to free a random pointer when you start Word95 from a desktop
// shortcut.

In the file private\ntos\w32\ntuser\kernel\swp.c from 11-Jul-1991:
// for idiots like MS-Access 2.0 who SetWindowPos( SWP_BOZO )
// and blow away themselves on the shell, then lets
// just ignore their plea to be removed from the tray.

Morons are also to be found in the file private\genx\shell\inc\prsht.w:
// We are such morons. Wiz97 underwent a redesign between IE4 and IE5

And in private\shell\shdoc401\unicpp\desktop.cpp:
// We are morons. We changed the IDeskTray interface between IE4

In private\shell\browseui\itbar.cpp:
// should be fixed in the apps themselves. Morons!

As well in private\shell\ext\ftp\ftpdrop.cpp:
We have to do this only because Exchange is a moron.
Microsoft programmers also take their duty to warn their fellow developers seriously against unsavory practices, which are apparently committed on a regular basis. There are over 4,000 references to "hacks". These include:

In the file private\inet\mshtml\src\core\cdbase\baseprop.cxx:
// HACK! HACK! HACK! (MohanB) In order to fix #64710
// at this very late date

In private\inet\mshtml\src\core\cdutil\genutil.cxx:
// HACK HACK HACK. REMOVE THIS ONCE MARLETT IS AROUND

In private\inet\mshtml\src\site\layout\flowlyt.cxx:
// God, I hate this hack ...

In private\inet\wininet\urlcache\cachecfg.cxx:
// Dumb hack for back compatibility. *sigh*

In private\ispu\pkitrust\trustui\acuictl.cpp:
// ACHTUNG! HACK ON TOP OF HACK ALERT:
// Believe it or not there is no way to get current height

In private\ntos\udfs\devctrl.c:
// Add to the hack-o-rama to fix formats.

In private\shell\shdoc401\unicpp\sendto.cpp:
// Mondo hackitude-o-rama.

In private\ntos\w32\ntcon\server\link.c:
// HUGE, HUGE hack-o-rama to get NTSD started on this process!

In private\ntos\w32\ntuser\client\dlgmgr.c:
// HACK OF DEATH!!

In private\shell\lib\util.cpp:
// TERRIBLE HORRIBLE NO GOOD VERY BAD HACK

In private\ntos\w32\ntuser\client\nt6\user.h:
// The magnitude of this hack compares favorably with that
// of the national debt.