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Crystal Reports 8.5 is not a "bad" product. It is a of the Win32/COM era of desktop reporting. It prioritized exact layout control and local memory processing over scalability and security.
– Some tech humor sites (e.g., The Onion , DevOps Borat , CommitStrip , DailyWTF ) have written mock articles about ancient report generators. “Crystal Report 85” could be a fictional product with absurd limitations (e.g., only 85 rows per report, COBOL-based, requires punch cards).
