Software Millionaire Dancing to Hardtekk

employed at Microsoft, Plummer began ... developed program to Dave Cutler, who all ... into what was eventually released with the ... works included MS-DOS 6.2 and Windows ... Plummer left Microsoft in 2003[10] to start ... company went on to sell millions of copies ... Although everyone crossed responsibilities somewhat, I ran the technical side of the business. Brad continued as our president. Allen, from Microsoft, ran the marketing side and my sister-in-law, Jacquie, moved down from Canada to run the sales department. By the summer of 2001 we held the “One Millionth Customer” barbeque in my suburban back yard. The party went wonderfully until, in a strong foreshadowing of unexpected events to come, the lawn sprinklers burst into action in the middle of it! The meeting was brief and unproductive. About halfway through I asked the for a tally of just how many of the millions upon millions of people who had used our software had actually complained to the attorney general. Perhaps the problems were bigger than I thought. When the answer came back as “four,” I was stunned. All of this—the stress, the expense, the sleepless nights—because four people in several million had complained. The attorney general traditionally gets involve

A montage begins with a close-up of a bearded man, then zooms through an English article about a Microsoft programmer and the controversial SoftwareOnline business, highlighting its millionth customer and the fact that only four users complained to the attorney general. The story abruptly turns into a smiling man dancing over chaotic Windows and software imagery, making the punchline an absurd, triumphant reaction to an overblown problem; the hardtekk track makes the escalation feel frantic and celebratory. The audio is Riversmelt, RXDL & MOGGER — “PO PI PO HARDTEKK,” with pounding, energetic hardtekk music that intensifies the comedic transition into dancing.

♪ Riversmelt, RXDL & MOGGER — PO PI PO HARDTEKK

• @gentoomemes / 21151 2026-06-20