Microsoft acquired Groove file sync in 2005, adapted it for Sharepoint, replaced it with OneDrive, now it's the name of their music service?pic.twitter.com/kF4JRdGlW3
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Microsoft developed an interactive table named Surface, then they renamed it PixelSense, and now they call their tablets Surfacepic.twitter.com/cCeVPjKg1X
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Microsoft developed Office Communicator, then purchased Skype, then renamed Communicator to Lync, then renamed Lync to Skype for Businesspic.twitter.com/icK7gaBzC1
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Microsoft released the Xbox, then replaced it with the Xbox 360, successor was Xbox One, which got 4K with One S, then better 4K with One X.pic.twitter.com/dLKd7KplBc
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Surface with WinRT that could only run apps, then killed RT, then Surface with Win10, now Surface Laptop with Win10, but only runs appspic.twitter.com/Hu65Muljzd
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Microsoft released Windows 3, 3.11, 95, NT4, 98, 98SE, 2000 (NT), Millennium (not NT), XP, 2003, Vista, 7, 2008R2 (actually 7), 8, 8.1, 10pic.twitter.com/PO7VaTbICS
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MSFT forked 98SE to CE3, CE3 to PocketPC, CE6 to Mobile 2003, CE7 to Phone7, Win8 to WinRT, WinRT to Phone8, then Win10 replaces everythingpic.twitter.com/JKuj4oHItt
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As one person remarked to me, trademarks are such an international crapshoot that megacorps like Microsoft are incentivized to re-use brands
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Wonder: how often to people buy companies just for the brand name/
#trademark? Yes, trademarks are weird.1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
This is a real thing and it's sad. Old optics, camera, scientific equipment brands were sold to be used for making bargain-bin shit look respectable.
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