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		tracker1 22 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft Office renamed to “Microsoft 365 Copilot... Microsoft used to just name a lot of things for what they did... to a point where it was almost confusing by itself. "Microsoft SQL Server" being a prominent example. Though, the everything .Net around 2000 was nearly as bad as this CoPilot rename.

LikesPwsh 22 days ago [–]

.net, dynamics, power, 365, azure, fabric, copilot.

There's always some pointless name change going on.

cratermoon 22 days ago | [–]

COM, OLE, ActiveX

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