Switcher (2004)

(folklore.org)

45 points | by sammatilda 1 hour ago

3 comments

gwern 34 minutes ago
For perspective, that's >$320k today. For 'switching apps'. It's always kinda crazy to look back and realize how incredibly minute and small programs were back them. Like 'spellcheck' being a project you'd assign half a dozen programmers to or Knuth would write almost a book about.
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- jakelazaroff 4 minutes ago
  One of my favorite programming blogs has a post on exactly that: https://prog21.dadgum.com/29.html
- thechairman12 29 minutes ago
  Whimsical follow up here: $100k invested in the S&P 500 around 1984 would be $4.5mm today. Thought some people would like to know this as well :)
bix6 45 minutes ago
Who did they sell to for the $50k royalty?
tomhow 28 minutes ago
Previously:
Switcher (2004) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32414661 - Aug 2022 (30 comments)
"Don't argue with me. $100,000 is fair, and you know it." - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1637862 - Aug 2010 (110 comments)
Mac OS gets multi-tasking - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1319308 - May 2010 (7 comments)