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Had a peek at killedbymicrosoft.info/ and was a bit 🤨 on one item in particular

Specifically 3D Movie Maker. 3DMM is packaged software, not a live service. They built it, sold it for a while, and were done. Saying 3DMM was "killed" is like saying Windows 95 was "killed" because MS released Windows 98.


Killed by Microsoft

Killed by Microsoft is the open source list of dead Microsoft products, services, and devices. It serves as a tribute and memorial of beloved services and products killed by Microsoft.
Killed by Microsoft
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Another nonsensical one is QBasic being on that list. It wasn't killed at all unless you also want to say DOS was "killed"

It was succeeded by Visual Basic which kept a lot of the same structure and syntax (from what I remember, it's been decades since I've use either) but worked in Windows.

Including packaged products and stuff that falls to natural obsolescence in a "killed" list kinda undermines the underlying point IMO.

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