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Author Topic: Windows 8 Metro has gone ...  (Read 7534 times)

Carol Haynes

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Windows 8 Metro has gone ...
« on: August 03, 2012, 07:17 AM »
Not really - but the name has!

http://www.bbc.co.uk.../technology-19108952

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Re: Windows 8 Metro has gone ...
« Reply #1 on: August 03, 2012, 07:49 AM »
They were probably hoping for a payout... I can't see any other reason they would wait so long.  Or is that overly cynical...

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Re: Windows 8 Metro has gone ...
« Reply #2 on: August 03, 2012, 08:31 AM »
Maybe they were waiting to see if the Paris Metro or the Tyneside Metro were going to take first crack!

Still hilarious. Can you imagine all the marketing materials that are currently being redesigned!

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Re: Windows 8 Metro has gone ...
« Reply #3 on: August 03, 2012, 09:10 AM »
I generally hate nonsense like arguing over who owns a word.

But in this case, I'll make an exception.  ;D ;D ;D

Those who live by the IP sword shall die by the IP sword.  :P

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Re: Windows 8 Metro has gone ...
« Reply #4 on: August 03, 2012, 09:27 AM »
 :wallbash:

IP is an illusion. The sooner people realize that, the better. It requires consent. Or force. But having to ask to use a word? Yeah... I think it's time to withdraw consent.
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Re: Windows 8 Metro has gone ...
« Reply #5 on: August 03, 2012, 11:33 AM »
As a writer, I understand the theory of IP and why it exists... but the practice sucks!

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Re: Windows 8 Metro has gone ...
« Reply #6 on: August 03, 2012, 11:38 AM »
They were probably hoping for a payout... I can't see any other reason they would wait so long.  Or is that overly cynical...

+1 - These days I don't thing there is any such thing as being "overly cynical". We're getting down to the point where all there is left is sheep and skeptics.

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Re: Windows 8 Metro has gone ...
« Reply #7 on: August 03, 2012, 12:23 PM »
As a writer, I understand the theory of IP and why it exists... but the practice sucks!

I hear you! I'm in pretty much the same boat. However, claiming ownership of things like basic physical principles, portions of mathematics, and individual words demonstrates that the state of IP (copyright and patent) is now flawed, and in all likelihood, flawed beyond repair.

We need some sanity. My fear is that we don't get it... :(
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Re: Windows 8 Metro has gone ...
« Reply #8 on: August 03, 2012, 04:49 PM »

We need some sanity. My fear is that we don't get it... :(

Some sanity? Never fear Renegade. We won't get it. ;D

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Re: Windows 8 Metro has gone ...
« Reply #9 on: August 04, 2012, 09:04 AM »
Suggested new name: DeskMet (see my post with screenshot there)

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Re: Windows 8 Metro has gone ...
« Reply #10 on: August 04, 2012, 09:07 AM »

We need some sanity. My fear is that we don't get it... :(

Some sanity? Never fear Renegade. We won't get it. ;D

Ah, 40! The eternal optimist~! ;D

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Re: Windows 8 Metro has gone ...
« Reply #11 on: August 04, 2012, 10:03 AM »
I invented the word "to". It is my sole intellectual property. Please quit using it in your posts. I have not given consent.

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Re: Windows 8 Metro has gone ...
« Reply #12 on: August 08, 2012, 05:26 AM »
aCertainCompany patented rectangles and the colour white, so I think we better all take a look at our display pics, or hire a good lawyer.

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Re: Windows 8 Metro has gone ...
« Reply #13 on: August 08, 2012, 06:43 AM »
aCertainCompany patented rectangles and the colour white, so I think we better all take a look at our display pics, or hire a good lawyer.

Truth be told, I don't really know you well enough to know whether you are joking or not, because things really are that utterly nutty...  :o ;)
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Re: Windows 8 Metro has gone ...
« Reply #14 on: August 08, 2012, 04:16 PM »
Sadly, it's only the name that has been changed (it's now called the "Windows Start Screen").

I haven't played with W8 yet, but given that even J. Peter Bruzzese, the house shill for Microsoft at InfoWorld, admits that it makes him physically ill, I'm not in a hurry to do so.