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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

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

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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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                    • 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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                      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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                      • J JeremyBob

                        oh oh oh, Windows Panes.

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

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

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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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                          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

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

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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

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

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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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                              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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                              Lost User
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                              Ok, lets settle down with Metrangle. :-)

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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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                                RafagaX
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                                Windows Universe Ultimate with Professional Tiles. :laugh:

                                CEO at: - Rafaga Systems - Para Facturas - Modern Components for the moment...

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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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                                  RafagaX
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                                  At least thay haven't patented reading, otherwise i should be paying royalties to read The Code Project.

                                  CEO at: - Rafaga Systems - Para Facturas - Modern Components for the moment...

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                                  • R RafagaX

                                    At least thay haven't patented reading, otherwise i should be paying royalties to read The Code Project.

                                    CEO at: - Rafaga Systems - Para Facturas - Modern Components for the moment...

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                                    cruest
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                                    Give them time. I'm sure they have a crack legal team coming up with a means of circumventing prior art as we speak. Hey, maybe that new round headquarters in Cupertino is just a front for apple legal's new time machine. Maybe THAT'S how they've gotten so many of these patents! I'm sure the "rounded rectangle" was legitimately patentable in 3000BC :)

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                                    • L Lost User

                                      Windows Lego? Windows Fisher Price?

                                      At least artificial intelligence already is superior to natural stupidity

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                                      Jecc
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                                      Windows Fisher Price has been taken by Windows XP ages ago.

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                                      • L Lost User

                                        Ok, lets settle down with Metrangle. :-)

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                                        Super Lloyd
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                                        Metrangle? Creative! I like it! :P

                                        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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                                          snowman53
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                                          How about "Broken"?

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