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They include the "formerly..." to hilariously try to not confuse people (not joking). They did the same when they rebranded Azure Active Directory and moved it
by mindcrash 9mo ago
They include the "formerly..." to hilariously try to not confuse people (not joking).
They did the same when they rebranded Azure Active Directory and moved it into the Entra family of security products. It's now fully called: Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory)
- j-kent 9mo agoI hope every publication uses Microsoft Copilot (formerly Office) for years, like they did for X (formerly Twitter).
- siim_osur 9mo agoSome of us are likely never going to stop referring to it as twitter. X, may as well be 3 Xs.
- tracker1 9mo agoI still call it Twitter... I just don't think "X" works nearly as well in conversation.
- LorenPechtel 9mo agoXitter. As in the Chinese X. Remember how their leader's name is pronounced.
- mbirth 9mo agoAt least in writing you can use [insert double-stroke X here - which HN can’t display] to make it clear that you mean the social media service. (Unless you’re talking to mathematicians.)
- greatgib 9mo agoI still always go on the site using twitter.com domain or search.
- butvacuum 9mo agorotting corpse, formerly microsoft.
- pseudohadamard 9mo ago"The office suite formerly known as Office". Did OpenOffice or Kingsoft put them up to this?
- BonitaPersona 9mo agoThe Artist Formerly Known as Prince
- anildash 9mo agoPrince changed his name because a corporation had refused to give him control over the work he created, and wouldn't let him release work under the name that he was born with. (Sort of the template for "Taylor's Version" decades later.) And he then used a logo that became the most successful personal logo of all time, not a mishmash of design-by-committee. So, basically the _opposite_ of an incoherent brand based around training on content that was gathered from creators without consent, being foisted onto employees who didn't ask for it, with an ugly logo that nobody will ever remember.
- ahpook 9mo agoMoral: don't come for Prince or Anil will come for you :)
- cratermoon 9mo agoAnd Azure Active Directory was formerly known as Active Directory Federation Services, and it was more compliant with SAML 2.0. The update broke some integrations with 3rd party SAML service providers.