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Clippy the Office Assistant. Similar idea to Bob, but more irritating. Also, The Microsoft Network. This was a competitor to AOL that came out just as the WWW
by munchler 2y ago
Clippy the Office Assistant. Similar idea to Bob, but more irritating.
Also, The Microsoft Network. This was a competitor to AOL that came out just as the WWW was exploding. It gave us the "MSN" abbreviation that we still see today, but otherwise disappeared without a trace.
- likeabatterycar 2y agoClippy came from Bob. The tech was called Microsoft Agent.
- munchler 2y agoAh, interesting. I didn't know that.
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- andrelaszlo 2y agohttps://youtu.be/5DqJwmzG6Fk?si=5oUEH0YiwZFCaYO0 https://youtu.be/5DqJwmzG6Fk?si=5oUEH0YiwZFCaYO0 Well, almost without a trace. Unfortunately?
- rwmj 2y agoI always wonder was MSN ever actually a thing or did Microsoft pull it / replace it before it reached the market? I know plenty of people who used AOL or CompuServe, but never met anyone who used the original MSN.
- munchler 2y agoI think you might be right that it was pulled before it was available to the general public. I never saw it in the wild.
- majikandy 2y agoYou mean the full internet experience in one window thing like the aol browser? I’m pretty sure I used to use it, light blue thing and hotmail a more seemless integration?
- cr125rider 2y agoMy grandpa has MSN as an ISP and would dial in using a fully featured, very blue windowed program that had everything Internet in it. I remember thinking it was pretty cool.
- majikandy 2y agoNow I feel old, lol