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[–] Quicky@lemmy.world 95 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

No interest in Windows at all, but Copilot is actually a great name for what the product is supposed to be/being marketed as. Windows Intelligence sounds like a return to the very old-school long-winded style of Microsoft branding.

[–] illi@lemm.ee 35 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Agreed, Copilot was one of if not the best named AI I think. Why they would want to rebrand it to something so bland so quickly is beyond me

[–] vrek@programming.dev 19 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I have no love for Microsoft but their naming is one of the worst parts... Let's make a game console! We'll call it Xbox!... That sold well let make another! We'll call it xbox360... Time for a refresh on the gaming console! We'll call it Xbox one... Another refresh but this time let's make two versions! We'll call them Xbox one series s and x box one series s!

Or our popular ide is bloated and people are asking for a light weight ide... What's our current ide called? Visual studio but alot of people abbreviate it to vs! Let's call the new one vscode! Do they have anything in common or share functionality or shortcuts? No

Don't get me started on windows.. 3.1... 95...nt...98...2000...me...vista...7...8....10...11 like wtf???

[–] Defaced@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

At least Xbox made some sense, it was originally going to be called the DirectXbox, thankfully they shortened the name to something catchier.

[–] vrek@programming.dev 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yes... And the sequels? I still don't know if Xbox one s or x box one x is the higher end model....

[–] Default_Defect@midwest.social 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Probably the more expensive one.

[–] vrek@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago

Granted but still bad naming convension. In comparison which is better Playstation 4 or Playstation 5?

[–] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

NT was a fully seperate product from 95 and 98, using a different kernel. 95 -> 98 -> Me was the old kernel, NT -> 2000 -> XP -> Vista -> 7 -> 8 -> 10 -> 11 is the other line. Me was a play on Millenium Edition, so that line was just numbered by year. The NT series names are a bit wonky, though. The reason for skipping 9 involves legacy program support and bad coding practices from ye olde programmers. 7 was kind of an arbitrary number to begin with, though.

[–] superkret@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago

7 was the version if you only counted the "best ofs" Windows 3, 95, XP, Vista, 7.

[–] vrek@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah, I understand the whole different kernal thing but that's the type of thing that the average consumer shouldn't have to know to follow your program naming scheme.

[–] clif@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I just enjoy that I can call them "xbone"

[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

In addition to ME and NT, they also had CE.

CEMENT.

Because it's Microsoft and they have to compulsively rename things every few years.

[–] uninvitedguest@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

Cortana was the best branding, though I understand only resonated within certain circles.

[–] rtxn@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

The virgin .NET:

Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture;
Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture;

The chad POSIX: LANG=C

[–] Rogue@feddit.uk 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I really enjoy working with Microsoft .NET 8.0 LTS ASP.NET Core Blazor Web Assembly

[–] Omega_Jimes@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It sounds invasive. Like it's a private intelligence agency and not a chat bot.

[–] BobGnarley@lemm.ee 7 points 1 month ago

Perfectly on brand for Windows then lol

[–] balder1991@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

lol I didn’t think like that at first, but now it’ll stay in my mind.

[–] Omega_Jimes@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

Just so I'm the first one to utter the phrase:

"We have credible reports from Windows Intelligence that a crime has been committed, your computer is going to restart. "