Microsoft tried to ban "Microslop", and six months later it has given up

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rschiavone•41 minutes ago

Maybe having 81 different things called Copilot does not help if you want to get taken seriously

https://teybannerman.com/strategy/2026/03/31/how-many-micros...

sethaurus•19 minutes ago

Show me the incentiveslop and I'll show you the outcomeslop.

Razengan•29 minutes ago

Microsoft Live Passport Copilot.net Ultimate Professional Home Edition 360

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ElProlactin•24 minutes ago

Can't speak to that one, but Studio Copilot.net Ultimate Home Professional Visual Edition 365# Server 95 was one of the best pieces of software I've ever used.

spiderfarmer•33 minutes ago

> "How many branding mistakes do you want to make?"

"All of them"

Iolaum•40 minutes ago

Funny thing is that this is coming from human slop.

hacker_homie•40 minutes ago

Like most things Microsoft, "gave up after six months" is accurate.

invader•40 minutes ago

Can't ban the truth, heh?

Razengan•42 minutes ago

Micro$oft should stick to worrying about Windoze

drdaeman•13 minutes ago

Ah, I see you’re a person of culture as well.

Not really relevant though. They sure should be serious about GitHub, npm, and plenty of other things they run, too.

dude250711•about 1 hour ago

They went AI too hard too soon. It only truly started being usable for dev this year.

Microsoft tried to ban "Microslop", and six months later it has given up

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