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[-] Quicky@lemmy.world 87 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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 32 points 10 months ago

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 18 points 10 months ago

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 7 points 10 months ago

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 10 months ago

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

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[-] uninvitedguest@lemmy.ca 4 points 10 months ago

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

[-] rtxn@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The virgin .NET:

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The chad POSIX: LANG=C

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[-] Omega_Jimes@lemmy.ca 14 points 10 months ago

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

[-] BobGnarley@lemm.ee 7 points 10 months ago

Perfectly on brand for Windows then lol

[-] balder1991@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

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

[-] Omega_Jimes@lemmy.ca 4 points 10 months 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. "

[-] SnotFlickerman 64 points 10 months ago

"Windows Intelligence" is an oxymoron, just like whoever came up with this rebranding.

[-] MidnightToker@moist.catsweat.com 7 points 10 months ago

Remember 'Microsoft Works'?! The home version of 'Office' almost entirely incompatible with everything.

[-] terminhell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 10 months ago

I think we can drop the oxy part

[-] rtxn@lemmy.world 55 points 10 months ago

You can call it 𝓜𝓮𝓻𝓭𝓮, but it'll still taste like shit.

[-] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 12 points 10 months ago

Best usage of French vocabulaire I've ever seen, and I'm from Canada

[-] datavoid@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago

What's the markdown for French font?

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[-] Atherel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 46 points 10 months ago

Should have stayed with Cortana, at least that was a cool name.

[-] ayaya@lemdro.id 11 points 10 months ago

I don't think Microsoft is capable of not fumbling everything related to the Halo franchise.

[-] kalleboo@lemmy.world 37 points 10 months ago

Microsoft try not to copy everything Apple does challenge: Impossible

At least "Apple Intelligence" is cute because the initials for it are A.I.

[-] Why9@lemmy.world 34 points 10 months ago

It's such a dumb name, that it makes me genuinely furious there there are people out there who have lied and impostered their way into positions where they can make such decisions, while having absolutely no clue at all what they're even doing in the building.

Apple intelligence makes sense, because the abbreviation is AI. Pretty smart and simple if you think about it.

But Copilot is the kind of name Apple would choose for its product. Things like centre stage, launchpad, facetime... They're all very descriptive and cool sounding names of their software products. Copilot is a great name that they're throwing away along with Cortana because their crappy practices are crappy.

[-] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 20 points 10 months ago

Let me just windows app into my computer to see if it's still called copilot.

[-] levzzz@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

It came from github copilot, which quite literally codes alongside you, like a copilot.

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[-] pjb@lemmy.spacestation14.com 31 points 10 months ago

Excellent to see that Microsoft's product strategy continues to just be a flailing mess.

[-] thisphuckinguy@lemmy.world 28 points 10 months ago

So swap “Apple” for “Microsoft” in the name, huh? Yeah, that’ll work.

[-] weeeeum@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Shoukd name it "Micro intelligence".

[-] trespasser69@lemmy.world 26 points 10 months ago

Its still the same PR nightmare and no one wants your AI crapware Micro$oft!

[-] JustJack23@slrpnk.net 8 points 10 months ago

Yeah I love that it's just a shitty product, but no, go on try fixing it with ✨ rebranding ✨

This is not only for Microsoft, AI is overhyped as a whole.

[-] richardisaguy@lemmy.world 25 points 10 months ago

that is pitiful

[-] TORFdot0@lemmy.world 22 points 10 months ago

Just get the confusing branding over with and call it “Intelligence for Windows Live Business Premium”

[-] coffee_with_cream@sh.itjust.works 7 points 10 months ago

Pro max plus

[-] eleitl@lemm.ee 19 points 10 months ago

That would be an oxymoron.

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago

Wow where’d they get that jenius branding idea, I wonder.

Microsoft. Never changes.

[-] thejml@lemm.ee 13 points 10 months ago

Ooh, can I use that App that used to be Remote Desktop and then they renamed it, hmm, what did they call it… oh right “Windows App”

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[-] Teknikal@eviltoast.org 13 points 10 months ago

Give it another 6 months and it'll be "Skynet for xbox" or something similarly worse.

[-] irotsoma@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

I mean that's standard practice. If a feature, product, or company develops a bad reputation, just rename it. If your market is large enough there will be enough people not paying attention to not realize it's the same product.

[-] bruhsoulz@lemmy.ml 8 points 10 months ago

Bro looked at apples corny branding and envied it 😭🤞

[-] weeeeum@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

As always, Microsoft is always one step behind apple.

At least apple intelligence was a little clever, its abbreviation is still "AI"

But windows intelligence? That just sounds fucking stupid. As an operating system windows is not known for its intelligence. Stupid slow, bloated, spying sack of shit software.

[-] calcopiritus@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

They should've looked at their star software product: Microsoft access.

Now presenting: Access Intelligence

[-] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

"have you tried painting it pink, then maybe they will like it"

[-] CosmoNova@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

First big tech slapped "powered by AI!" on everything and now - a mere 2 years later - it has been exposed as nothing but a safety risk without a tangible benefit, they're trying their best to hide it's mere existence while still dumping it into everything. They just can't help it.

[-] Brumefey@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 months ago

It will be as successfull as the twitter to x rebranding

[-] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 months ago

Sometimes a great idea just comes to you out of nowhere at all!

[-] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 5 points 10 months ago
[-] Luci@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 months ago
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