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> Microsoft is the worst at naming things. My favourite example has to be Groove. Groove Music [1] (formerly known as Xbox Music, Zune Music and Microsoft Gro
by arthurfm 9y ago
> Microsoft is the worst at naming things.
My favourite example has to be Groove.
Groove Music [1] (formerly known as Xbox Music, Zune Music and Microsoft Groove), Groove Music Maker [2] (an unreleased Windows 10 app), Office Groove [3] (a.k.a. SharePoint Workspace) or Groove (now known as OneDrive for Business - the service formerly known as SkyDrive Pro) [4].
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groove_Music https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groove_Music
[2] https://www.thurrott.com/windows/windows-10/107963/creators-update-completion-groove-music-maker-mia https://www.thurrott.com/windows/windows-10/107963/creators-...
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_SharePoint_Workspace https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_SharePoint_Workspace
[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OneDrive#OneDrive_for_Business https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OneDrive#OneDrive_for_Business
- TheRealDunkirk 9y agoI'll do you one better. Before all of that, Groove was a workgroup product, started by the famous Ray Ozzie, which was acqui-hired by Microsoft, and then spiked. It was brilliant. There's been nothing like it since. (Except maaaybe Slack.)