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by hypertele-Xii 1795 days ago
Huh? Microsoft is almost literally microprocessor software. Sounds pretty descriptive to me.
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I had intended to add Windows to that, but my brain-to-typing-fingers skipped over it. The word "Windows" tells me nothing about what it does in the "same contenxt" as what's being discussed here. We've just had that crap shoved down our gullets for all this time it has become synonymous with software operating system not because the word is descriptive of purpose.
Disagree on that too, the concept of movable "windows" into programs is quite descriptive also. What else would you call it? Programmable Rectangles? Subscreens?