People! What are you talking about? Who said Clippy was hostile? How? Clippy was always there when I had to write an annoying essay, a long letter, or something else for school. It reassured me that everything was saving correctly on my 1.44" diskette. The real nightmare back then was bad blocks on your HDD or diskette -- not Clippy. Clippy is my friend.
Sentiment toward Clippy-as-software (approximate, opinionated comments only)
Scale: 30 columns; '#' ≈ 2–3 % of clearly opinionated comments