The concept drew inspiration from “Microsoft Bob,” a project designed to make early Windows versions more accessible. After Bob’s poor reception and discontinuation in 1996, “Clippy ...
Clippy didn’t start out as a Microsoft Office assistant, but actually came slightly earlier. It first launched as part of Microsoft Bob, a quirky desktop environment alternative for Windows 3.1 ...
The WSJ story cited other users who compared Copilot to Microsoft’s rollout of “Clippy” in the 1990s, likening the new AI to the old Office assistant — which was often more of an ...