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Bill Gates became so addicted to Minesweeper that he had to delete it off of his PC to focus on work. He would then go to then-Microsoft president Mike Hallman and borrow his PC when he wanted to play the game, and eventually got a record of 5 seconds. Following this, Microsoft development manager Tom Reeves would cheat at beating Gates' time by building a macro to automatically complete the game. Gates would respond in an email:
"My critical skills are being displaced by a computer. This technology thing is going too far. How can one retain human dignity when computers do the important stuff better than people?"
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Article on the origins of Flower Garden:
https://www.instantfundas.com/2010/02/minesweeper-controversy-how-flower.html
The Cutting Room Floor articles on regional differences:
https://tcrf.net/Minesweeper_(Windows,_2007)
https://tcrf.net/Minesweeper_(Windows,_1990)#Regional_Differences
https://tcrf.net/Microsoft_Minesweeper
https://www.instantfundas.com/2010/02/minesweeper-controversy-how-flower.html
The Cutting Room Floor articles on regional differences:
https://tcrf.net/Minesweeper_(Windows,_2007)
https://tcrf.net/Minesweeper_(Windows,_1990)#Regional_Differences
https://tcrf.net/Microsoft_Minesweeper
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