And the winner of the Microsoft Christmas sweater is...

The readers have spoken, and the era of peak Microsoft is… open to debate. We asked The Register's nearest and dearest for thoughts on if, and when, peak Microsoft occurred. Up for grabs was one of Microsoft's Ugly Christmas sweaters: the Artifact Sweater, which appears to have already sold out in the company's store, and so …

[Korev]

"Micro$oft peaked when they released Clippy," Wolfetone wrote. "And I would quite like the jumper, and I promise to wear it the day my wife goes in to labour

I hope Mr Starmer approves

[Locomotion69]

It is a terrible thought.....

"Welcome to the world kid. Meet Clippy".

The horror.

[Aladdin Sane]

"It looks like your wife is in labour, would you like a hand with that?"

[b0llchit]

Playing with the future

...wearing the sweater to a birth is undoubtedly the ultimate example of "get 'em while they're young".

I think this might be a case of "spoiled beyond repair before becoming concious". OTOH, it may inspire extremely strong reflexes to resist any future proliferation of the symbolism and applications displayed.

[Ken Shabby]

Re: Playing with the future

A special prize for anyone wearing it during conception.

[Fruit and Nutcase]

Re: Playing with the future

Clippy is sure to pop up and give a hand if the Hard drive starts performing like a Floppy

[Antron Argaiv]

Re: Playing with the future

Certainly wearing it would be a sure way to [i]prevent[/i] even the opportunity for conception?

[Fruit and Nutcase]

Re: Playing with the future

If (anti?) Social Services get to hear of this plan, they may pounce and take the child into care

[herman]

I think peak MS was reached with DOS 6.2. It was just downhill from then on.

[Claude Yeller]

Grace Hopper

Admiral Grace Hopper commented: "Windows NT 3.51 was the last serious OS that Microsoft produced before the GDI was moved into the kernel. Everything since has had an element of comedy about it, whether intentional or not."

Who would ever dare to contradict Grace Hopper in public?

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: Grace Hopper

It doesn't seem in good taste to pretend to be Grace Hopper, who died years before even 3.51 was released.

Oh well, I guess it's the internet.

[Claude Yeller]

Re: Grace Hopper

"It doesn't seem in good taste to pretend to be Grace Hopper, who died years before even 3.51 was released."

That is to show you really must check everything that is written.

[Steve K]

Second prize…

Second prize is 2 Microsoft jumpers….

[Stumpy]

Re: Second prize…

... personally hand-delivered by Steve Ballmer...

[DJV]

Re: Second prize…

...shouting "Developers! Developers! Developers!" through the letter box...

[STOP_FORTH]

Crikey!

Don't know about peak Microsoft, but I think I may have achieved peak STOP_FORTH.

Mentioned on The Register, is there any greater achievement?

I guess everything will be downhill from here?

[Dr. G. Freeman]

Re: Crikey!

I know what you mean.

SWMBO is annoyed and puzzled why I have a smug grin just now.

[Zonker Zoggs]

Peak Vista

like a good pair of jeans, I'm never upgrading.

[Aladdin Sane]

I post a link to a video of the very event that Davemcwish mentioned before he'd even posted and I don't get a mention? It's a fix I tell you.

Personally, I blame Brexit.

[davemcwish]

Peak El Reg

Congratulations Wolfetone. How did I forget that!

Anyway more importantly, I got a mention. I! GOT! A! MENTION!

[IGnatius T Foobar !]

oblig marvin

Windows 1.0 was the worst. Windows 2.0, that was the worst too. After that it went into a decline.

[ComputerSays_noAbsolutelyNo]

Let's hope Mrs. Wolfetone has a sense of humor, not that Mr. Wolfetone ends up as divprced from the Mrs. as Microsoft is divorced from reality.