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Why does Microsoft always create so many ugly, confusing, and ridiculous product names? The worst of them all is ".Net" (which is really confusing).

Last Updated: 28.06.2025 00:50

Why does Microsoft always create so many ugly, confusing, and ridiculous product names? The worst of them all is ".Net" (which is really confusing).

When Google released the next version of Gemini 1.5 Pro, they called it Gemini 1.5 Pro-002 (I wish I was joking, but I’m not).

And when Anthropic released the successor to Claude 3.5 Sonnet, they called it…

They didn’t even bother to change the name. What the fuck, guys.

Why do I have the impression that almost all questions about advertising the flat Earth theory come from people who don't believe in a flat Earth themselves and are just provoking?

But I mean, Microsoft was a pioneer in this field and is still the undisputed king of bad naming.

It’s not just Microsoft. Look at the way top AI companies these days name their foundation models.

Keep in mind, though, there are only two hard problems in software: Cache invalidation, naming things, and off-by-one errors.

What trains transport cars and passengers near Pompano Beach, Florida that goes to New York?

*drumroll*

When OpenAI released their successor to GPT-4, they called it GPT-4o. Their next model after that was called o1.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet.

What are your funniest "lost in translation" moments if you grew up speaking more than one language?