https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Copilot
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
It didn't seem to spread much though...
* 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 (timestamp important)
https://www.zoho.com/workplace/office-productivity.html
And it seems like Proton is working on a privacy first office suite, which is exciting:
This is that.
"We must get an ROI on the money we lit on fire!" -Some exec, probably
...everything else in office is in danger of getting AI crammed into it diagonally whether it needs it or not.
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.
I guess at least they did it after Christmas family dinner.
That their employer said so doesn't make it moral or ok. Using Windows is always wrong. Using Chrome is always wrong.
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.
They are things I do stand for though
They are things I do stand for though