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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

    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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      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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          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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            AspDotNetDev
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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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              • L Lost User

                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'

                  Christian Amado MCITP | MCTS | MOS | MTA Olimpia ☆ ★★★ Please mark as answer, if it helps.

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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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                    PIEBALDconsult
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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

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

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                      PIEBALDconsult
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                      My Pretty Windows.

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                      • P PIEBALDconsult

                        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

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

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                              JeremyBob
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                              Lego, oh wait that's already taken.

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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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                                Mark_Wallace
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                                "Windows Junior".

                                I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                                • P PIEBALDconsult

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

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                                  Meshack Musundi
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                                  Says that Digital Equipment Corporation ported Windows 1.0 to the Rainbow and a third party upgrade included a modified version of Windows 3.0. :)

                                  "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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                                  • U User 8411463

                                    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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                                    jsc42
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                                    Member 8446973 wrote:

                                    Something 8 Something

                                    All I could think of was Lucky 8 Balls; but I can already see what that would be popularly be mangled to.

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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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                                      JeremyBob
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                                      oh oh oh, Windows Panes.

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                                      • R Ravi Bhavnani

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

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                                        grralph1
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                                        I always saw it as microsoft metro-sexual. .... and that is in the public domain. grr

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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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                                          irneb
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                                          What about "Prince-ifying" it? Call it W# Or just be blindingly honest: Windows 8 Your PC

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