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Iconic Microsoft Character Passes Away and No One Notices

clippy Iconic Microsoft Character Passes Away and No One NoticesIn all the excitement or lack of excitement for the Vista and Microsoft Office 2007 Launch, a pivotal character at Microsoft has passed away and was almost forgotten. We knew him as Clippy, but perhaps you called him the Paper Clip Man. Always ready to help us brave the world of Office, the little guy was there to serve us with tips and guides. Now Clippy has moved on and joined Microsoft Bob in the place where all phased out software icons pass on to. Check out AppScout for the complete Eulogy.

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  1. Transmeta Leaving CPU Business at Chip Chick on February 9th, 2007 8:00 am

    [...] We have some sad news today, almost as sad as the recent demise of Clippy. Some time ago, Transmeta had ambitious plans of creating the best microprocessors for mobile devices. But now their leaving the battlefield - not victorious, but neither defeated. From the moment of its creation (1995) up until now, Transmeta has been quite successful producing several versions of economical chips. Not only that, they were also licensing their technology to other companies. For example, their mutual cooperation with AMD gave birth to Efficeon processor, which was installed to FlexGo mini-computer distributed by Microsoft to developing countries. [...]

  2. Maya on February 9th, 2007 7:21 pm

    YESSSSS! I just hate Clippy -.- not that I really care, since I’ve been using OpenOffice.org for quite a while :D (yes, I switched to OO.org EVEN because of Clippy)

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  10. ExplorePod Blog » Blog Archive » Clippy is Dead (At Last!) on February 10th, 2007 7:47 am

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  11. meneame.net on February 10th, 2007 1:41 pm

    Clippy ha muerto 1997-2007…

    El famoso ayudante de Microsoft ha muerto. Bueno, morir no, simplemente Microsoft no lo ha incluido en su nueva versión de Office, la 2007. Descanse en paz (y nosotros también, que alivio)…

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  25. Proof that Microsoft’s Beloved Office Assistant, Clippy is Alive and Well : Chip Chick on March 28th, 2008 4:12 am

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  26. Thomas on June 5th, 2008 6:11 am

    A short discussion of Clippy’s origins! Warning -Some people are named!

    http://www.eneris.com/technologies/blog4.shtml

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