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Re:Microsoft Office renamed to "Microsoft 365 Copilot app" by deltoidmaximus on Monday January 05, 2026 @10:07AM (#46499616)
> I think Microsoft delegated all marketing decisions to AI. Not even joking.

I actually think AI would have done a better job of this. And Microsoft being atrocious at branding predates AI mass adoption by about 2 decades, arguably more.

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Re:Microsoft Office renamed to "Microsoft 365 Copilot app" by tracker1 on Monday January 05, 2026 @01:39PM (#46502799)
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.

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Re:Microsoft Office renamed to "Microsoft 365 Copilot app" by LikesPwsh on Monday January 05, 2026 @01:56PM (#46503019)
.net, dynamics, power, 365, azure, fabric, copilot.

There's always some pointless name change going on.

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Re:Microsoft Office renamed to "Microsoft 365 Copilot app" by cratermoon on Monday January 05, 2026 @09:41PM (#46508113)
COM, OLE, ActiveX
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