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[โ€“] Blaze@piefed.zip 21 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)
[โ€“] XTL@sopuli.xyz 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Some idiot really not only named that the same as an existing product but a well known Microsoft one?

[โ€“] Blaze@piefed.zip 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Do you stop using !meta@sopuli.xyz due to Meta the company?

[โ€“] halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The word meta predates the company rebrand by decades (first known use 1988). The company is named after the word.

Visio is a totally different situation.

[โ€“] Blaze@piefed.zip 4 points 1 month ago

Visio is a latin word, that's centuries older than , Microsoft: https://www.latin-is-simple.com/en/vocabulary/noun/17254/

[โ€“] Obi@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 month ago

Visio is short for the French word "visio-confรฉrence" and already used as slang for video calls by the French.

[โ€“] BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

But those Companies gave HUNDREDS of MILLIONS of Dollars to Trump! How DARE these Beautiful Companies LOSE money Like this!

[โ€“] Nusm@peachpie.theatl.social 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Trump just signed an Executive Order saying that France wasnโ€™t allowed to do this.

The sad thing is, you donโ€™t know if thatโ€™s true or if I just made that up.

[โ€“] Tartufo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I wouldn't be surprised if he did and then whiped his butt with it before flushing it down the toilet just so he can lie about it.

[โ€“] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Did Zoom Communications, Inc. bribe Trump? This one flew under my radar, and unfortunately anything I try to search is swamped by news about France's government ditching Zoom.

[โ€“] aemilrex@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago

I see there are various instances being developed. I personally think Mosa.cloud looks very promising.