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What is it with Microsoft and confusing product naming schemes? There was Xbox One X/Xbox One S/Xbox Series S/Xbox Series X. Or .NET (previously .NET Core) vs.
by csb6 1y ago
What is it with Microsoft and confusing product naming schemes? There was Xbox One X/Xbox One S/Xbox Series S/Xbox Series X. Or .NET (previously .NET Core) vs. .NET Framework (which everyone used to just call “.NET”).
- zamadatix 1y agoI'm still hoping for "Xbox One Series X" next
- mericson 1y agoYears ago, I used to use a program called FolderShare, which was later purchased by Microsoft and renamed umpteen times to match the branding strategy of the moment. I’ve always been amused by how the Wikipedia article starts off: “Windows Live Mesh (formerly known as Windows Live FolderShare, Live Mesh, and Windows Live Sync) is a discontinued free-to-use Internet-based file synchronization application by Microsoft …”
- pixl97 1y agoI can't tell you how many times I've had customers buy the wrong MS product because the naming schemes are so confusing. Honestly for how often this happens and how long it's been part of their company it feels like us the consumer are on the butt end of some inside joke.
- hshdhdhj4444 1y agoA little over a decade ago MS used to offer a full multi day course with certification simply to understand their licensing. If you were a reseller you needed at least some of your people to go through it if not all of them. The funniest part was by the time they had got their certification, their information would often be outdated, so even their licensing experts would often be wrong about their licensing.
- Analemma_ 1y agoThe tragedy is that Copilot actually was a brilliant name, back in the beginning when it was just a coding assistant. It was both evocative and descriptive: it's meant to help, but you are still in control. It was probably the best product name Microsoft had come up with years, so naturally there was no choice but to fuck it up.
- thesuperbigfrog 1y ago>> What is it with Microsoft and confusing product naming schemes? You can use Windows App [1] to connect to Windows to run your Windows apps. [1] https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-app/overview https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-app/overview
- user_of_the_wek 1y agoI also use Windows App to connect to my Fedora box from my Mac :-P
- tanseydavid 1y agoMicrosoft marketing execs all rename their human children too, once they reach age 2.
- rufus_foreman 1y ago>> What is it with Microsoft and confusing product naming schemes Old but still relevant, Microsoft redesigns the iPod packaging: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUXnJraKM3k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUXnJraKM3k.