Killed by Microsoft today, Visual Studio for Mac was a Mac-specific integrated development environment for projects using Mono or the .NET cross-platform framework. It was 119 years old.
Some of these are a bit of a stretch, like the previous versions of Xbox and Windows that have just been superseded by the newer version. Microsoft didn't kill the original Xbox; I can still play...
Some of these are a bit of a stretch, like the previous versions of Xbox and Windows that have just been superseded by the newer version. Microsoft didn't kill the original Xbox; I can still play the games sitting on my shelf.
Yeah, this feels like an attempt to have something similar to the list for Google, although I'm not sure any company is as prolific as Google when it comes to killing off services.
Yeah, this feels like an attempt to have something similar to the list for Google, although I'm not sure any company is as prolific as Google when it comes to killing off services.
KilledbyGoogle does the same stuff, I haven’t visited it in a while, but last I saw they mentioned multiple hardware EOLs as being “killed”, by that definition any major company has killed dozens...
KilledbyGoogle does the same stuff, I haven’t visited it in a while, but last I saw they mentioned multiple hardware EOLs as being “killed”, by that definition any major company has killed dozens of products.
And saying Yammer was killed when it was just rebranded as "Viva Engage" - at work we all still call it Yammer because the new name is so silly. Edit: I was looking at the other link in these...
And saying Yammer was killed when it was just rebranded as "Viva Engage" - at work we all still call it Yammer because the new name is so silly.
Edit: I was looking at the other link in these comments and now see that the main post doesn't list Yammer. Oh well!
They're killing off Server based Hyper-V and making it a subscription OS as Azure HCI? They've just pushed clustered Linux into corps even more if that's the case. $10 per core per month. I have a...
They're killing off Server based Hyper-V and making it a subscription OS as Azure HCI?
They've just pushed clustered Linux into corps even more if that's the case. $10 per core per month. I have a 96 core dual CPU as a base model and that would cost far too much to license. SaaS is going too far.
I hadn't heard about Publisher going away. That seems somewhat significant for consumers. From my experience it was often the most readily available software for beginners, hobbyists, and small...
I hadn't heard about Publisher going away. That seems somewhat significant for consumers. From my experience it was often the most readily available software for beginners, hobbyists, and small businesses.
Adobe InDesign is a much heavier piece of software. I haven't tried Affinity Publisher, but I have a feeling this will be quite a boon for them given their business model. For reference, it's 6 months free, then one-time purchase (per major version)
Affinity is great, so long as you don’t need to handle Devanagari text. If it’s just one headline or logo, I can type the Devanagari in Inkscape (which has its own problems finding all the...
Affinity is great, so long as you don’t need to handle Devanagari text. If it’s just one headline or logo, I can type the Devanagari in Inkscape (which has its own problems finding all the installed fonts on my Mac) and export the rendered outline as an SVG. That’s clearly impractical for anything more.
Another take at this given original link is dead for me. Skype for Business will not be missed. It was one of the most horrid chat programs of all time, its a travesty what Microsoft did to Skype.
Seeing some of these being 'It was 8 years old' is really weird, but I was expecting more physical products like the classic Microsoft Serial Mouse or any of their hardware. I had no idea that...
Seeing some of these being 'It was 8 years old' is really weird, but I was expecting more physical products like the classic Microsoft Serial Mouse or any of their hardware.
I had no idea that MS-DOS lasted that long, I clearly don't remember it being used at all in the 2000s and I was born during the period - we all used XP and 98 growing up. Was this extended for infrastructural systems running DOS?
Disheartened to see AltspaceVR on this list. I didn't know Microsoft killed it. During the pandemic that place was legitimately great. I actually participated in an 8 week stand up comedy class...
Disheartened to see AltspaceVR on this list. I didn't know Microsoft killed it. During the pandemic that place was legitimately great. I actually participated in an 8 week stand up comedy class for VR comedy just for the heck of it. It is so bizarre for a company to buy another company, not make any improvements, and then kill it without giving people the option to host their own servers.
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I'm not sure about some of these ages?
Sounds like a good, long life to me.
Some of these are a bit of a stretch, like the previous versions of Xbox and Windows that have just been superseded by the newer version. Microsoft didn't kill the original Xbox; I can still play the games sitting on my shelf.
Yeah, this feels like an attempt to have something similar to the list for Google, although I'm not sure any company is as prolific as Google when it comes to killing off services.
KilledbyGoogle does the same stuff, I haven’t visited it in a while, but last I saw they mentioned multiple hardware EOLs as being “killed”, by that definition any major company has killed dozens of products.
And saying Yammer was killed when it was just rebranded as "Viva Engage" - at work we all still call it Yammer because the new name is so silly.
Edit: I was looking at the other link in these comments and now see that the main post doesn't list Yammer. Oh well!
They did kill the OG Xbox multiplayer however. Halo fans mourn.
They're killing off Server based Hyper-V and making it a subscription OS as Azure HCI?
They've just pushed clustered Linux into corps even more if that's the case. $10 per core per month. I have a 96 core dual CPU as a base model and that would cost far too much to license. SaaS is going too far.
I hadn't heard about Publisher going away. That seems somewhat significant for consumers. From my experience it was often the most readily available software for beginners, hobbyists, and small businesses.
Adobe InDesign is a much heavier piece of software. I haven't tried Affinity Publisher, but I have a feeling this will be quite a boon for them given their business model. For reference, it's 6 months free, then one-time purchase (per major version)
Affinity is great, so long as you don’t need to handle Devanagari text. If it’s just one headline or logo, I can type the Devanagari in Inkscape (which has its own problems finding all the installed fonts on my Mac) and export the rendered outline as an SVG. That’s clearly impractical for anything more.
Can we put Microsoft Teams on this site please
And not just because it replaced by the "New Teams", a branding success that will.echo throughout the ages.
Another take at this given original link is dead for me.
Skype for Business will not be missed. It was one of the most horrid chat programs of all time, its a travesty what Microsoft did to Skype.
Oh thank god Mail is dying. I hated working with that on a friend's laptop.
It's being replaced by a PWA version of Outlook with integrated ads
I really oughta stop wishing on that monkey's paw
Followup: Dead link seems to be something with my DNS provider. I thought I was using Quad9 unfiltered, but I guess I have to check that.
Seeing some of these being 'It was 8 years old' is really weird, but I was expecting more physical products like the classic Microsoft Serial Mouse or any of their hardware.
I had no idea that MS-DOS lasted that long, I clearly don't remember it being used at all in the 2000s and I was born during the period - we all used XP and 98 growing up. Was this extended for infrastructural systems running DOS?
Disheartened to see AltspaceVR on this list. I didn't know Microsoft killed it. During the pandemic that place was legitimately great. I actually participated in an 8 week stand up comedy class for VR comedy just for the heck of it. It is so bizarre for a company to buy another company, not make any improvements, and then kill it without giving people the option to host their own servers.