I… don’t think that’s true. Google trends also confirms this is a new name invented now because of the word slop trending, but I welcome being proven wrong.
I remember we had lots of variations like Micro$oft, Microshaft, Microhard, Microshit, Microsloth, etc.
It’s good to see the old ways still being followed. We were calling them Microslop back when Windows ME released.
I… don’t think that’s true. Google trends also confirms this is a new name invented now because of the word slop trending, but I welcome being proven wrong.
I remember we had lots of variations like Micro$oft, Microshaft, Microhard, Microshit, Microsloth, etc.
Maybe it was just my office.
Ah yes, it was probably micro$loth
Concur, ‘slop’ as a common word is pretty new.
We had the names for all the potentially frustating platforms, deserved or not. I recall:
LMAO what? Slop has been a word in common usage for centuries.
In the context of being the go to word for low quality output for tech…
Pretty sure it was MicroSUX