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What's in a name?

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  • R Ravi Bhavnani

    Microsoft drops 'Metro' name for Windows 8[^] (BBC) /ravi

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    Bassam Abdul Baki
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    Windows Blocks sounds like an appropriate name I think. Tetris is taken after all.

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      Windows Blocks sounds like an appropriate name I think. Tetris is taken after all.

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      Super Lloyd
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      How about 'Rectangle', I know Apple patented 'Rectangle' too, so it's sensitive as well, but might a good name!

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        How about 'Rectangle', I know Apple patented 'Rectangle' too, so it's sensitive as well, but might a good name!

        A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.

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        Yes, but it's not just one rectangle. How about Windows Fragmented?

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        • B Bassam Abdul Baki

          Yes, but it's not just one rectangle. How about Windows Fragmented?

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          Super Lloyd
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          That is not patented, that is good too! But there is a risk, some day some cheeky satirist might launch the movement: Windows Defragmented! :laugh:

          A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.

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          • R Ravi Bhavnani

            Microsoft drops 'Metro' name for Windows 8[^] (BBC) /ravi

            My new year resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Articles | My .NET bits | Freeware ravib(at)ravib(dot)com

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            I hoped that they drop Windows too. Something 8 Something describes it better than "Window 8 Something (but we took out teh windows oops)"

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            • B Bassam Abdul Baki

              Windows Blocks sounds like an appropriate name I think. Tetris is taken after all.

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              Lost User
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              Windows Lego? Windows Fisher Price?

              At least artificial intelligence already is superior to natural stupidity

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                I hoped that they drop Windows too. Something 8 Something describes it better than "Window 8 Something (but we took out teh windows oops)"

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                Lost User
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                Thrown out of the window, so to say.

                At least artificial intelligence already is superior to natural stupidity

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                  Windows Lego? Windows Fisher Price?

                  At least artificial intelligence already is superior to natural stupidity

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                  enhzflep
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                  Windows Tonka? My first Windows? Couldn't have happened to a nicer company - me thinks someone deliberately waited until it was RTM, when the impact would be greatest. :laugh:

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                  • R Ravi Bhavnani

                    Microsoft drops 'Metro' name for Windows 8[^] (BBC) /ravi

                    My new year resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Articles | My .NET bits | Freeware ravib(at)ravib(dot)com

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                    Clifford Nelson
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                    Microsoft often has names for projects that are not intended to be the final name. However, Microsoft does not often publicize the name to a great extent. Metro has been publicized heavily. This will confuse people at this time. Bad idea. But sometimes have to do what have to do. I was on a Microsoft project that called “Home and Small Business Server.” That had to be renamed because in Japan nobody wants to be associated with the title “small business.” Still do not know what the new name is.

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                    • B Bassam Abdul Baki

                      Windows Blocks sounds like an appropriate name I think. Tetris is taken after all.

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                      Windows Tiles.

                      "As beings of finite lifespan, our contributions to the sum of human knowledge is one of the greatest endeavors we can undertake and one of the defining characteristics of humanity itself"

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                      • M Meshack Musundi

                        Windows Tiles.

                        "As beings of finite lifespan, our contributions to the sum of human knowledge is one of the greatest endeavors we can undertake and one of the defining characteristics of humanity itself"

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                        Bassam Abdul Baki
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                        Nice! :cool: :rose:

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                        • M Meshack Musundi

                          Windows Tiles.

                          "As beings of finite lifespan, our contributions to the sum of human knowledge is one of the greatest endeavors we can undertake and one of the defining characteristics of humanity itself"

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                          Bassam Abdul Baki
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                          Windows Mosaic would work too with all those colors.

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                          • B Bassam Abdul Baki

                            Windows Blocks sounds like an appropriate name I think. Tetris is taken after all.

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                            Windows Pains Panes

                            Thou mewling ill-breeding pignut!

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                            • B Bassam Abdul Baki

                              Windows Mosaic would work too with all those colors.

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                              Meshack Musundi
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                              In that case it should be named Windows Rainbow. :)

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                                Thrown out of the window, so to say.

                                At least artificial intelligence already is superior to natural stupidity

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                                Tom Clement
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                                I always liked the word 'defenestration'

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                                • R Ravi Bhavnani

                                  Microsoft drops 'Metro' name for Windows 8[^] (BBC) /ravi

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                                  Christian Amado
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                                  I liked Metro name. Call it 'Mango'

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                                  • M Meshack Musundi

                                    In that case it should be named Windows Rainbow. :)

                                    "As beings of finite lifespan, our contributions to the sum of human knowledge is one of the greatest endeavors we can undertake and one of the defining characteristics of humanity itself"

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                                    I don't think the Rainbow[^] ran Windows.

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                                    • R Ravi Bhavnani

                                      Microsoft drops 'Metro' name for Windows 8[^] (BBC) /ravi

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                                      PIEBALDconsult
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                                      My Pretty Windows.

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                                        My Pretty Windows.

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                                        Lost User
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                                        Windows 8 Preschool Edition

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                                        • R Ravi Bhavnani

                                          Microsoft drops 'Metro' name for Windows 8[^] (BBC) /ravi

                                          My new year resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Articles | My .NET bits | Freeware ravib(at)ravib(dot)com

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                                          Septimus Hedgehog
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                                          How about Mike Rowe Soft? Too late; I see there was a legal incident over that one as well. Knowing MS they'll come up with a name for it that'll cause much mirth in another country where the word has a different meaning. For now, Sucks might be a starter-for-10.

                                          "I do not have to forgive my enemies, I have had them all shot." — Ramón Maria Narváez (1800-68). "I don't need to shoot my enemies, I don't have any." - Me (2012).

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