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  1. 03-08-2012, 12:15 PM #1
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    News - Microsoft looking to re-brand Metro UI 'this week'

    'Metro' suffered from various copyright issues... we think!
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  2. 03-08-2012, 12:26 PM #2
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    Re: News - Microsoft looking to re-brand Metro UI 'this week'

    That was close.. Thought we will never get rid of Metro
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    Re: News - Microsoft looking to re-brand Metro UI 'this week'

    Ooooh! We now have an exciting chance to help Microsoft by coming up with alternative names for them to use! Here are some of my ideas: Blocko, Squaro, Rectangulo. I'll still be pre-ordering a Surface but I'll be lamenting the now lost opportunity to try to make "Metrosexual" puns.
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    Re: News - Microsoft looking to re-brand Metro UI 'this week'

    You and me both BongoJoe....
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    Re: News - Microsoft looking to re-brand Metro UI 'this week'

    Im going to continue to call it metro because im so unbelievably sick of all this legal crap
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    Re: News - Microsoft looking to re-brand Metro UI 'this week'

    they`ll go with surface - and make it so it cant be removed either.....
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    Re: News - Microsoft looking to re-brand Metro UI 'this week'

    Quote Originally Posted by Biscuit View Post
    Im going to continue to call it metro because im so unbelievably sick of all this legal crap
    I'm in, power to the people!
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    Re: News - Microsoft looking to re-brand Metro UI 'this week'

    Quote Originally Posted by brasco View Post
    I'm in, power to the people!
    You can't say that, I recently copyrighted the word "to".
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    Re: News - Microsoft looking to re-brand Metro UI 'this week'

    What about iSquares?
    iTiles? iShapes? iOS?
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    Re: News - Microsoft looking to re-brand Metro UI 'this week'

    Quote Originally Posted by Smudger View Post
    iOS?
    Yeah IBM should really stop Apple from stealing their product names too...
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    Re: News - Microsoft looking to re-brand Metro UI 'this week'

    Quote Originally Posted by d032sh View Post
    Yeah IBM should really stop Apple from stealing their product names too...
    i thought it was cisco
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    Re: News - Microsoft looking to re-brand Metro UI 'this week'

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    Re: News - Microsoft looking to re-brand Metro UI 'this week'

    I still think they'll rename it "BingOS".
    Either that or "Utter Rubbish"....
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    Re: News - Microsoft looking to re-brand Metro UI 'this week'

    "Grease"?
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    Re: News - Microsoft looking to re-brand Metro UI 'this week'

    How about "Bingo"?
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    Can we go with Bob?

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