Microsoft is planning to bring Clippy, its Office 97 assistant that looks like a paperclip, back to Windows. The software giant tweeted a photo of Clippy saying that, if the post received 20,000 likes, it would replace the paperclip emoji in Microsoft Office with Clippy. At time of writing, the tweet has nearly 134,000 likes. Clippy infamously offered support in Microsoft Word and other programs, such as Microsoft Publisher, but by 2008 the assistant was killed. Windows 10, Microsoft's current operating system, uses Cortana as its virtual assistant – a name taken from the Halo game franchise.

Are they relevant, or just a fad like the Nintendo Wii? There seem to be personal assistants being added to everything, from smartphones, to watches, to speakers. And now, a Personal Assistant is coming to Microsoft Azure. Microsoft is reviving Clippy to be the Cloud Assistant you need for helping work with and maintaining your Microsoft Azure cloud resources. Personal Assistants are great at helping with very specific tasks like setting reminders and using voice commands to get stuff done.