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		Pxtl on Sept 4, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: VSCodium – Open-source binaries of VSCode Microsoft has always been terrible at naming things. Their word processor is called Word. Their sql server is called Sql Server. Their IM is called MSN Messenger/Windows Live Messenger/Messenger/Skype/Lync/Skype For Business/Teams

qwytw on Sept 5, 2023 [–]

I'm not sure about Word, I think it's not such a bad name and it's pretty much a synonym for 'text editor' at this point, not sure you can do much better than that. Certainly not a worse name than 'Writer' (sounds a bit clunky), maybe on par with Pages.

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