Today I just considered that Excel isn't just a random spreadsheet product name, it's the *word* excel. To _excel_ at something

I need to do more self reflection 🪞

Microsoft Excel has captured the concept of excelling in a prison of 1984 relabeling of terms

Checkmate

Like Word is a word

@RememberMe seems they ended the theme with the naming of 'PowerPoint'?

Unless I'm missing an obvious meaning

Excel is shit since they took out the flight sim.

@MammaNeedHummus prob something they bought. Like Visio. They can't come up with cool names of their own.

@MammaNeedHummus I guess you're supposed to make a point. Powerfully.

Probably each one was done by a different team and they didn't care much as long as it was reasonably consistent. They are pretty good names I think, given how they've become iconic and stuck around for decades. I also think they sound pretty cool.

I don't think LibreOffice or Apple's office suite have as good names ("Pages" or "Writer" or "Impress", meh).

@MammaNeedHummus made a point there.

I get PowerPoint. I don't get FoxPro, for those old enough to remember.

When it comes to spreadsheets... Microsoft Excel!