I remember being around 12 years old when I had Office as part of my first computer. Oddly, at that age and typing up reports, letters or anything else for school work it was nice to see Clippy right there tell me what he thought of what I was typing up. It was nice for him to teach me what I should do settings wise to get a nice document out of my printer for school. Being that young I wasn't likely to go and read everything about Office just to print out a school report (better off just hand writing it or typing it up on a typewriter). The closest thing I have to Clippy these days is the Doctor in Emacs who fills "tfc" hole I have some days.