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Comment by lewisjoe | Hacker News Reader

Microsoft really has to pull itself together in terms of product branding. Microsoft 365 itself was a terrible name for an office suite, but adding a "copilot" at the end is hitting too low a bar. Not sure how it even got an approval in the first place.

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Today, I noticed there was a new App on my Windows laptop at work, because the Apps section was highlighted. "That's weird," I thought "I don't _remember_ installing anything."

So, I expand "Apps", and I see an item named "Microsoft CoPilot 365". It absolutely did not occur to me that this was a rebranded/updated Office. I simply thought "Aww, man, Microsoft is at it again, raining some new crap on me that I never asked for." Without a moment's thought I right-clicked it and uninstalled. Only now as I read this thread I realize I may have accidentally uinstalled MS Office.

My iPad now has a “windows” app.

Teams is now named “Teams (work and school)”

My guess is that the plan will be Office -> Office 365 -> Microsoft 365 -> Microsoft 365 Copilot -> Microsoft Copilot.

Why was it Microsoft 365 in the first place? Does it not work on leap days ?

Good question, 360 would have been better, full circle coverage of all your (office) productivity needs.

Then the next version would have been Microsoft One.

Microsoft Series X Copilot

Microsoft Series X Copilot for Business E3 with Copilot

The sad part is that that name doesn't feel like that much of a stretch for Microsoft. I wouldn't put it past them to end up with two products called Copilot.

You mean like GitHub Copilot and Microsoft 365 Copilot?

In 2020 I was disappointed they didn't rename it to Microsoft 366.

The Zune didn't ;p

You only pay fro 365 days a year. The leap day is free.

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