| ▲ | forkerenok 4 hours ago |
| I wondered when the name change was coming because this is Google: products be endlessly repackaged and renamed, some only to be killed later. |
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| ▲ | conception 2 minutes ago | parent | next [-] |
| I’ve noticed a lot of big corporations doing this and I think the reasoning behind it is it’s really easy to say you shipped a product on your résumé. If all you did was change the name of it. It actually takes a lot of work and time to ship a new innovative product. |
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| ▲ | dotancohen 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| > products be endlessly repackaged
I don't speak English at home either, so I hope this helps. It's "products are", not "products be". |
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| ▲ | satvikpendem 17 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | | It's ebonics, a slang or dialect version of using "are." | |
| ▲ | navane 6 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | sometimes it do be like that | |
| ▲ | pmarreck an hour ago | parent | prev [-] | | i’m thinking it’s an intentional turn of phrase so for example in native English, if someone upset some people, you might say, just to be creatively different: “oh boy. people be big mad” it is an idiom, not necessarily officially part of the language. just saying things in a silly way to be different “now you’ve done it… People be cryin’!” I think it might also be an echo of pidgin English/Creole/caribbean English? Would be an interesting language dive. Ask an AI! |
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| ▲ | mattkevan 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| I reckon the same dipshits responsible for Microsoft’s product naming in the early 2000s all moved on to Google to wreak the same havoc there. |
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| ▲ | tapoxi 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Their current product naming is still terrible.They went from the Xbox, to the Xbox 360, the Xbox One, Xbox One S, Xbox One X, Xbox Series S, and Xbox Series X. The latest console is the Asus ROG Xbox Ally X | | |
| ▲ | eterm 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | I thought that was satire but I've googled it and you're not even joking. | |
| ▲ | pmarreck an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Gaming’s home deserves to be on Linux. I know GabeN agrees with me, and he’s worked hard to make it happen. | |
| ▲ | ramses0 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | ...and the Ally ISN'T EVEN AN XBOX!!!! """AI Overview: No, the Asus ROG Ally is not actually an Xbox. It is a handheld Windows computer made by Asus, even though it features Xbox branding and uses an Xbox-style controller layout""" |
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| ▲ | iamacyborg 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | No, no, they’ve all moved over to Salesforce. | |
| ▲ | jkkola 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Looking at the recent decades-old-brand renaming bonanza with MS Office I'm pretty sure they're still in Redmond. |
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