To many people, including Ron Owens, the word "some" refers to a relatively small amount in between "none" and "most". But To Ron's employer, and especially in the context of "job responsibly include... some maintenance of legacy VB6 applications", the word "some" tends to mean "pretty much all day long for the indefinite future."

Because legacy application maintenance is one of the torments found in the outer circles of hell, Ron had hoped to find catharsis by sending in examples of his day-to-day. But alas, because the application was so large and had been maintained by so many people, there was no single, concise snippet that faithfully represented what he was dealing with. That is, until recently, where he uncovered a snippet that not only illustrated the (over)complexity of the application but offers glimpse into what the UI looks like.

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