Microsoft Clippy, RIP: 1997 – 2007

We suspected something was brewing when the iconic figure started donning a 3D skirt in Japan, but a brief interview with Office’s group program manager revealed that the clip is indeed dead. While it had been fading for awhile due to an apparent lack of mass fanfare, and was even turned off by default in Office 2003, it seems that Clippy fans will be forced to stick with now-antiquated versions of the Office suite in order to keep their darling on screen.

I don’t care how annoying Clippy was, he did not deserve to die! Especially without anyone noticing! Sad. But, I am sure it won’t take long for someone to “revive” him into the form of an Office add-on.

Source: Engadget