‘Office Is Dead’—Microsoft Decision Confuses 400 Million Users

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2026/01/11/office-is-dead-microsoft-decision-confuses-400-million-users/

26 Comments

  1. Worth_Heart_2313 on

    Copilot is so bad that nobody uses even free GitHub integration no more. It deteriorated so bad since focus moved away from coding to everything copilot.

    MSFT can pretend and make believe but copilot is a failure and will be dead like Cortana in no time

  2. So, I understand why they push AI so hard, but this is something I just don’t get, say whatever you want about MS or Office, but MS Office is the name most everyone knows when it comes to this type of software, like it’s the ‘default’ and has been for a while, why mess with that type of brand power. (I asked the same thing about Twitter/X a couple years ago)

  3. RawChickenButt on

    You know what has every desktop office feature I need….

    Libre Office.

    Works perfectly, does what I need.

  4. If you need a really basic version of the product, try libreoffice.

    No, it’s not a replacement. But if you’re just needing a basic MS Word replacement, you can’t go wrong.

  5. _Sheep_Shagger_ on

    Maybe they forget how well their first office assistant Clippy / Clipet went for them.

  6. This has to be like the IHOB commercials. Just marketing to get attention but they really aren’t going to be that dumb about branding. They aren’t really that dumb… right?

  7. I had the unfortunate displeasure of having to browse through the office file structure the other day looking for an executable that I deleted the shortcut for. I was actually shocked at the mess I encountered. Idk how office still functions tbh. Its only going to get worse with this.

  8. twitch_delta_blues on

    Oh god I hate copilot and I can’t delete it from my government computer. This might push me to Linux at home.

  9. Remember when they appended .Net to every product name or service?

    This feels like that.

  10. “Decades old recognized staple of industry? Nah fuck that we need word salad created by a committee of committees to force shitty AI on our customers”

    -Microslop

  11. LegacyofaMarshall on

    Being a monopoly is the only reason microsoft is still relevant with this leadership

  12. Nobody wanted it. Nobody likes it. Nobody wanted the “AI powered” PCs. When are the consequences hitting them?

    Or in the cool new world of quasi-monopolists, big tech is now completely shielded from customer decisions?

  13. My company shut off Copilot because it was seen as a security risk. I don’t do enough on a computer outside of work for AI integration to be helpful there either

  14. I don’t understand what product to use. Is it office or office365 or outlook or live.com? Maybe that’s their problem.