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Windows NT team sent coffins and fake dog poop to rivals in the 1990s

In a 2023 interview, Windows NT architect Dave Cutler said the NT team sent black cardboard coffins and fake dog feces to rival executives around the product's launch in the 1990s. Packages, hand-delivered to Sun's Scott McNealy and IBM's Lee Reiswig, included a musical "Death March" card and referenced a Sun ad featuring a dog. A third package intended for another executive was prepared but never sent.

• Account given by Dave Cutler in a 2023 interview with Dave Plummer
• Black cardboard coffins sent to Scott McNealy and Lee Reiswig
• Boxes contained a 'Death March' music card and fake dog feces
• Third package (possibly for Larry Ellison) prepared but not delivered