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Microsoft just renamed Office to Microsoft 365 Copilot on Windows for everyone
- zfg 2y agoAn alternative to Microsoft Office is LibreOffice. It's pretty good: https://www.libreoffice.org/ https://www.libreoffice.org/
- blackeyeblitzar 2y agoThere’s also Zoho for those seeking an online productivity suite: https://www.zoho.com/workplace/office-productivity.html https://www.zoho.com/workplace/office-productivity.html And it seems like Proton is working on a privacy first office suite, which is exciting: https://proton.me/drive/docs https://proton.me/drive/docs https://proton.me/blog/docs-proton-drive https://proton.me/blog/docs-proton-drive
- blackeyeblitzar 2y agoAt some point the FTC and DOJ really need to split up these huge companies to stop this bundling of separate products to block out any competition.
- bdangubic 2y agoeasy solution - just don’t use windows
- smt88 2y agoHundreds of millions of people are required by their employer to use Windows
- 3836293648 2y agoMilions of soldiers are required by their employer to shoot and kill people. That their employer said so doesn't make it moral or ok. Using Windows is always wrong. Using Chrome is always wrong.
- smt88 2y agoIt's childish, privileged, and detached from reality to tell people to quit literally their entire career to avoid using Windows or Chrome. There are industries (not just single companies) that use Windows. The degree of moral purity is only possible for people who are already rich or willing to be a burden on the rest of society by being unemployed.
- vo2maxer 2y agoHow are these claims any different than saying: Buying groceries in any supermarket chain is always wrong; buying an automobile from any of the large car makers is always wrong?
- 3836293648 2y agoThese aren't serious claims. They're criticising the argument being used. They are things I do stand for though
- oenton 2y agoI visit hacker news for insightful discussions and this ain’t it chief. The world is much larger than your bubble and sticking your fingers in your ears doesn’t change that.
- 3836293648 2y agoThese aren't serious claims. They're criticising the argument being used. Good job on the reading comprehension. They are things I do stand for though
- bdangubic 2y agoyup, in which case this is a simple corporate issue. what does one care about what windows bundles together if this is OS and software provided to you for work?! if I was insane enough to work for such a company (am not) I would want them to bundle 100 things together, pile it on - flight attendant to the copilot to the copilot… :)
- indrora 2y agoI've come to appreciate two things in salty ass tech culture: * Don't say "hello" alone in DMs * When you say "Just", whatever follows can be summarily replaced with "Go Fuck Yourself". Summarized pretty well by [0], honestly. [0]https://youtu.be/BOKpkWnrq4w?t=309 https://youtu.be/BOKpkWnrq4w?t=309 (timestamp important)
- dialup_sounds 2y agoAll they did here was change the name.
- evanjrowley 2y agoSo that the next generation will never know there was such a thing as a local-first office suite free from invasive AI.
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- svilen_dobrev 2y agoso, Clippy again?
- nixosbestos 2y agoso, what about leap years?
- 486sx33 2y agoBoo copilot integration Microsoft’s path to monetization of their chat gpt “partnership”
- Havoc 2y agoWell excel is going to continue to excel. ...everything else in office is in danger of getting AI crammed into it diagonally whether it needs it or not.
- fckmsft32 2y agoThe competency crisis will also affect Excel down the line, just like it's affecting Boeing spaceships and planes and everything else the new demographics touch.
- tomnipotent 2y agoPeople only use Word or PowerPoint to do a small part in a larger job. Many people live in Excel and spend much of their day-to-day in it. When Microsoft introduced the ribbon, it was the Excel crowd that was, by far, the loudest and most vocal. Excel has the Microsoft Excel World Championship, a legitimate Esport.
- fckmsft32 2y agoMicrosoft 365 Copilot .NET 4.0 SP2
- yencabulator 2y agoAlso good to remember that Microsoft Copilot is not Github Copilot even if Microsoft now runs Github. And then there's apparently Microsoft Copilot in Azure, which is a devops tool. Clear as mud! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Copilot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Copilot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub_Copilot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub_Copilot https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/copilot https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/copilot
- rendaw 2y agoOh wow, I wish they'd adopt that strategy to clarify the mess that is .net, .net framework, .net core, .net standard, and .net.
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- vo2maxer 2y agoI’m trying to understand why the sentiment in many of the comments is one of near outrage. Is this based on the atavistic hatred of Microsoft or is there a cogent position on why this is a noxious implementation?
- yapyap 2y agoCause they’re moving forward with forcing their AI slop down every Windows users’ throats
- dialup_sounds 2y agoYou're not forced to open the app and purchase a $120/yr subscription just because they changed the name.
- Arn_Thor 2y agoI’m not paying a cent but I see AI buttons and ads for it all over my OS and software interfaces. Let’s just say this renaming makes me think that’s not about to improve anytime soon.
- dialup_sounds 2y agoI do not agree that seeing a button I don't like is equivalent to forcing AI slop down our throats.
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- cedilla 2y agoI for one am just exhausted from the torrent of confusing random changes.
- bravetraveler 2y agoName no do job good; is this post just to practice your vocabulary? Do you really find difficulty understanding why one finds ire with muddying identifiers?
- kwertyoowiyop 2y agoHow about “Microsoft Blob”?
- raverbashing 2y agoMicrosoft NoClip
- whobre 2y agoI remember the time when Microsoft was rebranding everything as “.NET”. Lasted for a couple of years and then they moved on to a different hype.
- kalleboo 2y agoAs far as I can recall, this has been their branding strategy: 1996: Rename everything to "MSN" including a news TV channel 2000: Rename everything ".NET" even if it's not a programming language 2005: Rename everything that remotely touches the internet to "Live" 2013: Rename everything to "365" 2025: Rename everything to "Copilot" even things that are not just an LLM Also sprinkle "Windows" liberally over everything in the late 90's-00's Did I miss anything? Edit: was reminded of this classic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUXnJraKM3k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUXnJraKM3k
- Too 2y agoSkype and Lync, surface, windows subsystem for linux, AD to Entra, 10S, "whatever for enterprise", whatever for teams, one, one s, one x, windows phone, windows mobile, windows mobile 8, service pack became anniversary update became creators update. Let's not even get started on things like Visual C++ redistributable runtime framework package for desktop bridge (not making that up).
- rendaw 2y agoSo there's Lync and Linq? No wonder I was having trouble searching, and I thought I was bad at spelling on top of that...
- indrora 2y agoyou frogot "Visual" in there.
- jsmith45 2y ago2013ish also had a "One" naming trend that was short lived: Xbox One SkyDrive->OneDrive It didn't seem to spread much though...
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- nunez 2y agoAnyone remember when Microsoft slapped .NET on everything? This is that. "We must get an ROI on the money we lit on fire!" -Some exec, probably
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- dunno7456 2y agoSuddenly everyone uses copilot and the numbers are looking good /s
- tanseydavid 2y agoI am the only who wonders if Microsoft marketing people also rename their children once they reach a couple of years old?