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Microsoft Revived and Killed Clippy in a Single Day (engadget.com)
The dream of the '90s was alive in Microsoft Teams this week when Microsoft's old office assistant, Clippy, showed up. From a report: If you used Microsoft Office between 1997 and 2001, you likely remember Clippy as the animated paperclip that popped up and offered tips for using the software. Microsoft did away with Clippy in 2001, so people were surprised to see Clippy stickers appear in Microsoft Teams this week. And they were even more surprised when, just a day later, Microsoft offed the little guy again. On Tuesday, Clippy appeared as an animated pack of stickers for Microsoft Teams. The stickers were released on the Office Developer GitHub page, but by the next day, they had vanished. Clippy was around just long enough to rally old fans, and there's now a user petition to bring Clippy back.
”Microsoft Revived and Killed Clippy in a Single Day”
Don’t be selfish - there are a lot of us who’d LOVE to share in the pleasure of killing the bastard!
#DeleteChrome
According to a report from The Verge, Clippy disappeared from both locations just a day after being introduced at the behest of what one source called the 'brand police.'
Another take on it.
Best Clippy quote: "Perhaps it is the file which exists and you do not."
Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.
Ernest Hemingway
It looks like you're trying to avoid plummeting into the ground.
Would you like me to:
Shove the nose down
Shove the nose even further down
Say it was pilot error
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
Where's the petition to not bring Clippy back? Or better yet, the petition to delete any and all code related to Clippy? I'll sign one or both of those.
Whaaaaaaat?? microsoft teams?? I hadn't heard of this hip Microsoft product offering before! And what a beloved 90s touchstone, beloved corporate mascot, clippy. I for one am going to rush to sign this petition to let Microsoft know how much they better bring back these emojis to their corporate groupware!