To eliminate Borland completely, Microsoft needed a usable product of their own. Scott Randell was called on to head the new 'Afx' team in Redmond.

'Scott, what does 'AFX' stand for?'

'Application Frameworks'.

'So that's A and F — what does the X stand for?'

'Anything you want, dude.'

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