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Wednesday Linkfest

Link joy for your browsing pleasure:

• Almost perfect: the story of WordPerfect. Anyone who used PCs before Windows knows about the glory and power that was WordPerfect 4.1. Here’s the story of how they imploded, written by one of their executives.
• The 10 worst Microsoft product names of all time. Some digs at MSFT are unfair, but the name thing is righteous. Most of these stink of naming by committee (no one in the room liked them either). Although I always thought Bob, for the name and the product, deserved more respect than it got. (hat tip, phil simon)
• Drucker on the five deadly sins of management. Good old Drucker is always a good read. Wonder what he’d say about our current recession.