return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoMicrosoft releases a new Windows app called Windows App for running Windows appsarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square30linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squareschizo@forum.uncomfortable.businesslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoLol, they’re just renaming Remote Desktop to Windows. So I can use Windows to connect to Windows, and run my Windows. Truly a moment of marketing brilliance.
minus-squareByteOnBikes@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoI currently open a window on my Windows to run a Linux
minus-squareinfeeeee@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoThey love to do this. 2 years ago they renamed Office (the online, browser based version) to Microsoft 365 https://www.computerworld.com/article/1614302/office-to-be-rebranded-microsoft-365.html They can present the “new” apps to shareholders
minus-squaredual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoThis comes full circle with everyone’s grandma incessantly calling every piece of software on their computer “The Microsoft.”
minus-squareCypher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-28 months agoThe grandmas were right the whole time!
minus-squareSeasm0ke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoOnly it comes standard with the multiyear bugs only just patched in remote desktop for windows, like an inability to remember where you monitors have always been.
minus-squareAbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoAt least they didn’t cancel it and make two new programs that each do 70% of what it did. Looking at you, Google.
Lol, they’re just renaming Remote Desktop to Windows.
So I can use Windows to connect to Windows, and run my Windows.
Truly a moment of marketing brilliance.
And it runs in windows too!
I currently open a window on my Windows to run a Linux
They love to do this. 2 years ago they renamed Office (the online, browser based version) to Microsoft 365 https://www.computerworld.com/article/1614302/office-to-be-rebranded-microsoft-365.html
They can present the “new” apps to shareholders
This comes full circle with everyone’s grandma incessantly calling every piece of software on their computer “The Microsoft.”
The grandmas were right the whole time!
Only it comes standard with the multiyear bugs only just patched in remote desktop for windows, like an inability to remember where you monitors have always been.
At least they didn’t cancel it and make two new programs that each do 70% of what it did. Looking at you, Google.