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jestdotty5314334dMicrosoft Excel has captured the concept of excelling in a prison of 1984 relabeling of terms
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MammaNeedHummus4451334d@RememberMe seems they ended the theme with the naming of 'PowerPoint'?
Unless I'm missing an obvious meaning -
Demolishun34924334d@MammaNeedHummus prob something they bought. Like Visio. They can't come up with cool names of their own.
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RememberMe14725334d@MammaNeedHummus I guess you're supposed to make a point. Powerfully.
Probably each one was done by a different team and they didn't care much as long as it was reasonably consistent. They are pretty good names I think, given how they've become iconic and stuck around for decades. I also think they sound pretty cool.
I don't think LibreOffice or Apple's office suite have as good names ("Pages" or "Writer" or "Impress", meh).
Today I just considered that Excel isn't just a random spreadsheet product name, it's the *word* excel. To _excel_ at something
I need to do more self reflection 🪞
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