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What's in a name?

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  • S Super Lloyd

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

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      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

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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

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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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                  Meshack Musundi
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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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                      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. :)

                          "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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                            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'

                            Tom Clement Serena Software, Inc. www.serena.com articles[^]

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                            • R Ravi Bhavnani

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

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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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                                  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

                                    At least artificial intelligence already is superior to natural stupidity

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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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                                      • 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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                                        hollysong
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                                        I liked. :) :thumbsup:

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                                        • R Ravi Bhavnani

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

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                                          JeremyBob
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                                          Lego, oh wait that's already taken.

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