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The only thing that annoys me about VS code is that Microsoft decided to call it visual studio, which means if I search for help for a problem with actual visual studio I end up with vscode suggestions. Id like to know why ms thought this was a good idea.

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Microsoft has been flopping with their naming recently... Case in point, Copilot. GitHub Copilot, Microsoft Copilot, Office 365 Copilot... all different products for different uses. Still can't figure out why they didn't follow through with Cortana being the OS copilot name and retired it. It was such a perfect fit. My only guess is that they are worried about anthropomorphizing the AI.

> Still can't figure out why they didn't follow through with Cortana being the OS copilot name and retired it.

I can't figure out why they didn't use it as an opportunity to bring back Clippy.

most likely because of greyhairs with PTSD

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