flamingos-cant (hopepunk arc)@feddit.uk to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 1 day agoFree software has some glib naming conventionsfeddit.ukimagemessage-square148linkfedilinkarrow-up11.06Karrow-down15file-text
arrow-up11.05Karrow-down1imageFree software has some glib naming conventionsfeddit.ukflamingos-cant (hopepunk arc)@feddit.uk to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square148linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareschnurritolinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 day agoCompared to how Microsoft names things, FOSS naming is harmless on average. Think of them naming the gaming app on Windows PCs “Xbox”, or the distinction between “VS Code” and “Visual Studio Code”, or “edit” (msedit), etc etc
minus-squareIsoKiero@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 day agoOutlook (new) classic new new final (7). Teams (personal). Multiple products with wildly different appreance and somewhat different functionality. And then the whole 365-environment naming, starting from the platform itself.
minus-squarePokerChips@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-29 hours agoI’ve always despised their naming schemes. I always thought I’d they ever started a car company they’d name their vehicle make as “car”. At least Xbox is original but now I’m sitting here wondering if they bought it off a small outfit
Compared to how Microsoft names things, FOSS naming is harmless on average.
Think of them naming the gaming app on Windows PCs “Xbox”, or the distinction between “VS Code” and “Visual Studio Code”, or “edit” (msedit), etc etc
Outlook (new) classic new new final (7). Teams (personal). Multiple products with wildly different appreance and somewhat different functionality. And then the whole 365-environment naming, starting from the platform itself.
I’ve always despised their naming schemes. I always thought I’d they ever started a car company they’d name their vehicle make as “car”.
At least Xbox is original but now I’m sitting here wondering if they bought it off a small outfit