The geniuses at microsoft SUCK at naming
Apple is worse. Everything has the same name but gen 1, gen 2, gen 3 as a suffix.
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aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
recently, I need to remote desktop from Mac to Windows, and I was searching around for products, and I came across a blog post recommending Windows App, and I had no fucking idea what it was. I thought it may have been a windows 8 app that is discontinued. The geniuses at microsoft SUCK at naming. Xbox, Xbox 360, xbox One (which was actually the third iteration, for some reason), xbox series x/s. Like wtf.
KingPorkChop@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Mesophar@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
At least the numbers are sequential there, though…
A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
don’t worry, microsoft will surely make a discord where all their knowledge bases and information will be moved to, making it even easier to find info than it already is /s
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
But first they’ll buy Discord and force everyone to abandon their exiting usernames to use a Microsoft account with it instead.
A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I honestly would be down with that.
Mostly because I’d love to see discord go under and to have tech support and interaction go back to websites and forums, where they are indexed, searchable, and archivable so information can be easily searched for again, and not lost forever should a discord go under.
turtlesareneat@discuss.online 3 weeks ago
Same but - I was actually relieved Microsoft finally MADE an RDP client for Mac again. What was wrong with RDP for Mac? It was fine and they axed it. But them replacing RDP everywhere is just hilarious.
JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
They didn’t even change anything except the ui. It’s still just old rdp with less features.
LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org 2 weeks ago
Autopilot and Autopilot Device Preparation spring to mind. Two distinct products, and yet they’ve gone down the Wii U naming route
podperson@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
I don’t work for them, but I’d recommend Jump Desktop for that. Works very well and has been out for quite some time.
tfm@europe.pub 3 weeks ago
Windows 1, 2, 3, 95, 98, Me, 2000, XP, Vista, 7???, 8, 8.1, 10???, 11, 11 21H2, 11 22H2, …
M0oP0o@mander.xyz 3 weeks ago
When windows 9 comes out it will all work again.
Nikelui@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Bold of you to think the next one will not be called Windows365
Manalith@midwest.social 3 weeks ago
That already exists as their cloud virtual desktop service.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
that’s a strange name for an operating system i’d’ve called it Chazzwozzers
Zink@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
I thought they were supposed to do the whole “last version of Windows that will be updated forever” with Windows 10, and of course abandoned that some time ago.
My gut feeling is that their product management marketing folks came to the conclusion that Windows as a subscription was not going to work for the consumer market where the OS is something that’s just part of the device you buy. And in discussions with system OEMs they made the decision that consumers like it when the version number goes up, so increasing that windows number every several years will move systems.
M0oP0o@mander.xyz 3 weeks ago
Bold of you to think I have any expectations of Microsoft to not suck. I will wait until 9 comes out before I put another windows OS on my machines. Since why after all this, would anyone trust a software company to do anything well that can not count to 10?
Kornblumenratte@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
AFAIK, Windows was discontinued after Vista. Windows 7 is actually the 7^th iteration of the Microsoft version of OS/2, which was rebranded as Windows NT with the release of the third version, and as Windows sine NT with the seventh version. Windows 9 had to be skipped because a sloppy version check for Windows 95/98 would have failed.
flubba86@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Kind of right. Windows ME was the final version of windows (you probably forgot about that one).
After that, XP, vista, windows 7, were all based on NT.
Kornblumenratte@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
Ah, I got that wrong. Yes, Windows XP was the rebranded Windows NT 5. Thank you for the correction.
uniquethrowagay@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
I have not forgotten Windows ME. It still haunts me in my dreams. Active Desktop crashing all the time was iconic af
leftzero@lemmynsfw.com 3 weeks ago
2000, XP, and Vista are NT too.
varjen@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
You forgot Windows 3.1. That one was a pretty significant update