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Meanwhile Microsoft is just like...let's called it "Blob"

by partiallypro 5y ago

Hamuko 5y ago
Are you sure it's not Microsoft Azure Blob Storage Solution for Enterprise 2020?
- iosjunkie 5y ago
  You’re missing a 365 in there.
  - MikusR 5y ago
    Live .net
- CobrastanJorji 5y ago
  Did you mean the NFS one or the S3 one?
andybak 5y ago
Microsoft Blob. That has a certain ring to it.
- alvarlagerlof 5y ago
  Blob blob blob! Sorry, what's that Dory?
- qudat 5y ago
  Microsoft Loblaw law blog
ethbr0 5y ago
They'd already used Bob. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Bob https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Bob
Joker_vD 5y ago
"Xbox One X Series X Service Pack 1 September Refresh CTP Preview 3 Update 5a*. I mean, imma buy it, but lord MSFT sucks at naming stuff" [0] "I once worked on the unambiguously named "Microsoft Visual Studio .NET Tools For Microsoft Office .NET System 2005". Yes, it had "Microsoft" and ".NET" in the name twice. When the name was announced we all laughed as we assumed it was a joke. It was not." [1] [0] https://nitter.net/shanselman/status/1205355248715358215 https://nitter.net/shanselman/status/1205355248715358215 [1] https://nitter.net/ericlippert/status/1205372172534874112 https://nitter.net/ericlippert/status/1205372172534874112
- stonecharioteer 5y ago
  What about Visual Studio Code not having anything to with Visual Studio.
- jmkni 5y ago
  Microsoft Visual Studio .NET Tools For Microsoft Office .NET System 2005 was pretty great at the time, being able to automate Excel in C# and not have to use VBA was very nice.
- pjc50 5y ago
  The whole thing is like german agglutinative nouns. Bits of product keep piling up, but each one has the most generic possible name. But the least forgivable one has to be the XBox One X. I hadn't even realised there was an XBox One X Series X.
  - theandrewbailey 5y ago
    Me neither. I thought it was Xbox Series X, not to be confused with the Xbox Series S. https://www.xbox.com/en-US/consoles/xbox-series-x https://www.xbox.com/en-US/consoles/xbox-series-x https://www.xbox.com/en-US/consoles/xbox-series-s https://www.xbox.com/en-US/consoles/xbox-series-s
- Thorrez 5y ago
  Wow I thought AWS Systems Manager Session Manager was bad. https://docs.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/latest/userguide/session-manager.html https://docs.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/latest/userguide...
boynamedsue 5y ago
It's even worse than that because Azure has block blobs, page blobs, and append blobs.
dbt00 5y ago
I'll never not link this video when it comes to Microsoft naming and branding: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUXnJraKM3k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUXnJraKM3k
- elefanten 5y ago
  That was fun and a good throwback. But it was interesting to see in the comments that MS actually claimed credit for it: "It was an internal-only video clip commissioned by our packaging [team] to humorously highlight the challenges we have faced RE: packaging and to educate marketers here about the pitfalls of packaging/branding"
  - ahpeeyem 5y ago
    I didn't know that, but it's cool, and I think shows that Microsoft had a healthy culture. If you can laugh at yourself, you can learn and grow. Companies aren't a monolithic hive-mind (even Microsoft!) I still love that video.

Meanwhile Microsoft is just like...let's called it "Blob"

Hamuko 5y ago

Are you sure it's not Microsoft Azure Blob Storage Solution for Enterprise 2020?

iosjunkie 5y ago
You’re missing a 365 in there.
- MikusR 5y ago
  Live .net
CobrastanJorji 5y ago
Did you mean the NFS one or the S3 one?

andybak 5y ago

Microsoft Blob. That has a certain ring to it.

alvarlagerlof 5y ago
Blob blob blob! Sorry, what's that Dory?
qudat 5y ago
Microsoft Loblaw law blog

ethbr0 5y ago

They'd already used Bob. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Bob https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Bob

Joker_vD 5y ago

"Xbox One X Series X Service Pack 1 September Refresh CTP Preview 3 Update 5a*. I mean, imma buy it, but lord MSFT sucks at naming stuff" [0] "I once worked on the unambiguously named "Microsoft Visual Studio .NET Tools For Microsoft Office .NET System 2005". Yes, it had "Microsoft" and ".NET" in the name twice. When the name was announced we all laughed as we assumed it was a joke. It was not." [1] [0] https://nitter.net/shanselman/status/1205355248715358215 https://nitter.net/shanselman/status/1205355248715358215 [1] https://nitter.net/ericlippert/status/1205372172534874112 https://nitter.net/ericlippert/status/1205372172534874112

stonecharioteer 5y ago
What about Visual Studio Code not having anything to with Visual Studio.
jmkni 5y ago
Microsoft Visual Studio .NET Tools For Microsoft Office .NET System 2005 was pretty great at the time, being able to automate Excel in C# and not have to use VBA was very nice.
pjc50 5y ago
The whole thing is like german agglutinative nouns. Bits of product keep piling up, but each one has the most generic possible name. But the least forgivable one has to be the XBox One X. I hadn't even realised there was an XBox One X Series X.
- theandrewbailey 5y ago
  Me neither. I thought it was Xbox Series X, not to be confused with the Xbox Series S. https://www.xbox.com/en-US/consoles/xbox-series-x https://www.xbox.com/en-US/consoles/xbox-series-x https://www.xbox.com/en-US/consoles/xbox-series-s https://www.xbox.com/en-US/consoles/xbox-series-s
Thorrez 5y ago
Wow I thought AWS Systems Manager Session Manager was bad. https://docs.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/latest/userguide/session-manager.html https://docs.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/latest/userguide...

boynamedsue 5y ago

It's even worse than that because Azure has block blobs, page blobs, and append blobs.

dbt00 5y ago

I'll never not link this video when it comes to Microsoft naming and branding: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUXnJraKM3k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUXnJraKM3k

elefanten 5y ago
That was fun and a good throwback. But it was interesting to see in the comments that MS actually claimed credit for it: "It was an internal-only video clip commissioned by our packaging [team] to humorously highlight the challenges we have faced RE: packaging and to educate marketers here about the pitfalls of packaging/branding"
- ahpeeyem 5y ago
  I didn't know that, but it's cool, and I think shows that Microsoft had a healthy culture. If you can laugh at yourself, you can learn and grow. Companies aren't a monolithic hive-mind (even Microsoft!) I still love that video.