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Microsoft Remote Desktop will be renamed to Windows App

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Re: Microsoft Remote Desktop will be renamed to Windows App

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Post by bborud »

kyriakos wrote: post #47
bborud wrote: post #24

If I were a senior executive at MSFT I would probably ask someone to send me the personnel files for the people who figured it was a good idea to pointlessly rebrand something from a descriptive name that is understandable to something pointless and generic. Because these are almost certainly managers who have nothing better to do and should be trimmed out of the org chart. I'm not kidding.

Pretty sure this came from a senior executive and the people under him were staring each other wondering..

Well, then I guess the CEO ought to have a look.

Re: Microsoft Remote Desktop will be renamed to Windows App

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Post by TiredOfLife »

throw273724 wrote: post #43

> The Windows 365 App will undergo an in-place update to transition to Windows App. I think the Windows 365 App is a different application than Microsoft Remote Desktop.

Dont let facts stand in the way of Microsoft bashing.

Re: Microsoft Remote Desktop will be renamed to Windows App

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Post by area51org »

You have to wonder if these people ever stop and think through these decisions.

Start with: why are we even renaming this thing? Everyone already knows the name. The new name is not going to make us any more money. So what are we doing?

Next: is there any chance "Windows App" will be confusing for, I dunno, practically everybody? (I realize everyone else here has pointed this out.)

Maybe the decision to rename was made by AI.

https://genius.com/Abbott-and-costello-whos-on-first-annotat...

Re: Microsoft Remote Desktop will be renamed to Windows App

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Post by DreamFlasher »

gwervc wrote: post #31
kergonath wrote: post #6

Is there a particular reason why Microsoft is so terrible at naming things? What’s wrong with “Remote Desktop”?

Infiltred North Korean psyop to push people to Red Star OS. 2025 will be the year of Linux on the desktop thanks to the Great Leader.

this year will always be the year of the Linux desktop

Re: Microsoft Remote Desktop will be renamed to Windows App

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Post by 1vuio0pswjnm7 »

bborud wrote: post #24

If I were a senior executive at MSFT I would probably ask someone to send me the personnel files for the people who figured it was a good idea to pointlessly rebrand something from a descriptive name that is understandable to something pointless and generic. Because these are almost certainly managers who have nothing better to do and should be trimmed out of the org chart. I'm not kidding.

"... to pointlessly rebrand something from a descriptive name that is understandable to something pointless and generic"

Seems like the point might be to obscure the nature of the executable, i.e., what it does. Why someone might want to do that is a question left for the reader.

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