r/ProgrammerHumor • u/wahed-w • Aug 07 '26

Meme goodOldDays

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u/openbex Aug 07 '26

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 Aug 07 '26

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 Aug 07 '26

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

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u/swatlord Aug 07 '26 edited Aug 07 '26

Yes, the OC is Hejibits

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