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    8 months ago

    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.

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        8 months ago

        Microsoft Azure Blob

        (Yes it’s a real product they market)

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          8 months ago

          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.

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            8 months ago

            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?

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          Yeah Microsoft Entra is the latest one. Azure AD had such huge brand recognition and they just dropped it lol

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