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What's in a name?

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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

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

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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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            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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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                                  • R Ravi Bhavnani

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

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                                    cruest
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                                    This is Microsoft after all. You just know it's going to end up being something just as simple and evocative as Metro. You know, something like "Typeface-centric Orthagonal Monocolor Tiles Version 8.3". Then to add insult to injury some marketing jackass will then condense it down to "TOM T 8.3" you know, because it rhymes and that's clever!

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                                      oh oh oh, Windows Panes.

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                                      Ravi Bhavnani
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                                      Did you mean Window Pains? :) /ravi

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                                      • C cruest

                                        This is Microsoft after all. You just know it's going to end up being something just as simple and evocative as Metro. You know, something like "Typeface-centric Orthagonal Monocolor Tiles Version 8.3". Then to add insult to injury some marketing jackass will then condense it down to "TOM T 8.3" you know, because it rhymes and that's clever!

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                                        Ravi Bhavnani
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                                        After which, Apple will file a lawsuit complaining that Microsoft has infringined on its patents on rectangles and pastel colors. /ravi

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                                        • R Ravi Bhavnani

                                          After which, Apple will file a lawsuit complaining that Microsoft has infringined on its patents on rectangles and pastel colors. /ravi

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                                          cruest
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                                          Don't forget their patents on fonts, typesetting, electricity and I think respiration (odds are you're violating at least one of these right now!).

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