Given that .net was a TLD long before the framework came out, it was a stupid thing to name it. Caused confusion and the inability to Google things right away.

[–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 95 points 9 months ago (5 children)

Microsoft names many things stupidly.

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 50 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Fuck you forever SQLServer. Transact was perfectly googleable.

[–] flathead@lemm.ee 4 points 9 months ago

wasn't it originally idiotically named "SQL/Server"?

[–] Gork@lemm.ee 39 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Microsoft Azure Blob

(Yes it's a real product they market)

[–] eerongal@ttrpg.network 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I mean, blob (and object storage in general) has been used as a term for a long time. It isn't particularly new, and MS didn't invent it.

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 24 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

That's sort of the problem. It's easy to Google S3 since it's a distinct (if obnoxiously short) term. Blob is already an overloaded term.

An example of a great name from Microsoft is Excel, it's relatively short but meaningless so if you Google "Excel Sum" you'll get wonderful results... "Blob Get" is going to get you a lot of random stuff.

Edit: the top result for blob get is accurate on Google but you'll also quickly see this result from that site we all hate:

Need help! How do I get the blob fish, basking shark and dwarf whale?

[–] kogasa@programming.dev 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Excel is a brand name, Azure Blob Storage is a descriptive title. It's Azure's blob storage service.

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

What is Azure Blob Storage's brand name then? I'm confused.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

This is why computer science is fucked.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

Antilock Braking System

[–] kogasa@programming.dev 1 points 9 months ago

It falls under the Azure brand.

[–] arschfidel@discuss.tchncs.de 25 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Visual Studio ~~Code~~

[–] masinko@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

To prevent confusion, I call them "VS Code" and "Visual Studio IDE", because if you say Visual Studio, people assume you mean Visual Studio Code.

[–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

And renames a random product every month, following a restructuring it's licensing

[–] kameecoding@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

At least they don't control the most popular code hosting site along with the most popular code editing software, right? Right?

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

“xbox”

[–] jwt@programming.dev 62 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's like naming your company x

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

Or the rectangular gaming console that you sell “xbox”

[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 39 points 9 months ago

Like naming a new TLD .zip!

[–] pelya@lemmy.world 28 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It was pretty smart marketing move. Business people hear 'dot net' and nod wisely. Tech people hear 'dot net' and scrunch their faces. Either way people keep talking about Microsoft Java.

[–] neutron@thelemmy.club 1 points 9 months ago

And this is why alcoholism is rampant. Please free me from this insanity.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 19 points 9 months ago

That aligns with their fucked up naming conventions anyway.