Arthur Posted January 27, 2014 Posted January 27, 2014 Source: The Verge Microsoft is renaming its SkyDrive cloud storage to OneDrive. The software giant has registered onedrive.com and the company has a promotional video on YouTube announcing the new name. Microsoft says the name change will take place soon, and that the service "will continue to operate as you expect and all of your content will be available on OneDrive and OneDrive for Business respectively as the new name is rolled out across the portfolio." The name change comes just over six months after Microsoft was forced to rename SkyDrive following a trademark case with British Sky Broadcasting Group (BSkyB). Microsoft is positioning the new OneDrive naming as the one place for documents, photos, and other content. "Changing the name of a product as loved as SkyDrive wasn’t easy," admits Microsoft's Ryan Gavin. "We are excited about what is to come, and can’t wait to share more." https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=e4NsPPUDjyU
Michael Posted January 27, 2014 Posted January 27, 2014 Why not Microsoft Drive? Seems more logical to me...
localzuk Posted January 27, 2014 Posted January 27, 2014 Microsoft have an aversion to using their company brand with their product range for some reason. Its one of the reasons I reckon they keep having so many issues getting into markets - people don't see a unified company. Everything is all disjointed. Why isn't it Bing Drive? Why is their email service Outlook and not Bing Mail? Its all random.
sparkeh Posted January 27, 2014 Posted January 27, 2014 Microsoft have an aversion to using their company brand with their product range for some reason. Its one of the reasons I reckon they keep having so many issues getting into markets - people don't see a unified company. Everything is all disjointed. Why isn't it Bing Drive? Why is their email service Outlook and not Bing Mail? Its all random. Agreed. Everything Google does has 'Google' in front of it so its instantly identifiable. Apple has the 'Mac' and 'i' prefix. They draw you into an ecosystem. MS has a random collection of service names that don't form a cohesive brand.
Michael Posted January 27, 2014 Posted January 27, 2014 Microsoft have an aversion to using their company brand with their product range for some reason. Its one of the reasons I reckon they keep having so many issues getting into markets - people don't see a unified company. Everything is all disjointed. Why isn't it Bing Drive? Why is their email service Outlook and not Bing Mail? Its all random. This is very true, unless their new extension is everything 'one' XBOX One, One Drive... doesn't quite work. Would be much more simple to have: Microsoft Search, Microsoft Outlook Web and Microsoft Drive...
Gatt Posted January 27, 2014 Posted January 27, 2014 Judging by some of their products of lately perhaps: CrapDrive, CrapOS, XboxCrap, CrapSearch...
mac_shinobi Posted January 27, 2014 Posted January 27, 2014 Judging by some of their products of lately perhaps: CrapDrive, CrapOS, XboxCrap, CrapSearch... It's bing bing, init mate !!! Bing and the carp is gone !!!
GeekyPete Posted January 27, 2014 Posted January 27, 2014 I'm waiting for them to copyright "One". OneNote, Xbox One, One Note. May we'll see Windows One, Surface One, etc. I just want to see how they convince the courts that they invented "One".
sted Posted January 27, 2014 Posted January 27, 2014 I'm waiting for them to copyright "One". OneNote, Xbox One, One Note. May we'll see Windows One, Surface One, etc. I just want to see how they convince the courts that they invented "One". if apple can pretty much copyright "i" insert name here why not? and for that matter the name of a fruit/colour
bondbill2k2 Posted January 27, 2014 Posted January 27, 2014 I'm awaiting the new operating system where Microsoft, scrap the windows brand.... ONE OS I can't help but think someone watched too much LOTR, one UI to rule them all
Arthur Posted January 28, 2014 Author Posted January 28, 2014 I just want to see how they convince the courts that they invented "One". Rupert Murdoch invented the word "One" in 1982.
SYNACK Posted January 28, 2014 Posted January 28, 2014 (edited) Microsoft have an aversion to using their company brand with their product range for some reason. Its one of the reasons I reckon they keep having so many issues getting into markets - people don't see a unified company. Everything is all disjointed. Why isn't it Bing Drive? Why is their email service Outlook and not Bing Mail? Its all random. They don't do that because of the disgruntled and whiney tech media, appleites and *nix nuts who will go after anything with MS in the title attempting to poison the brand before it even gets to market. Just look at what happened to Vista, yes it had its issues but they were nothing compared to the press panning it got given largely without cause. As to them having to change the name at all, its rubbish, who is going to mistake a dirty tv channel with a storage provider anyway, it is as bad as the rounded corners debacle and Apple got away with sharing with Apple Records, despite their foray into music. There are definitely two rules in the UK and MS seems to get the much harsher set. Given the market cap of media companies in comparison to tech ones I still think that the tech companies should just buy out the dirty little ransom ware media outlets and set them straight, its not like they could be any more filled with propaganda anyway. Edited January 28, 2014 by SYNACK
sparkeh Posted January 28, 2014 Posted January 28, 2014 Just look at what happened to Vista, yes it had its issues but they were nothing compared to the press panning it got given largely without cause. *choke* the RTM version of Vista deserved everything it got. But that tainted it when it was sorted.
Gatt Posted January 28, 2014 Posted January 28, 2014 Rupert Murdoch invented the word "One" in 1982. NO - he invented the word "ONC" Or was it "OCC"
GREED Posted January 28, 2014 Posted January 28, 2014 Ummmmmmm Sky has a storage mechanism (that few use) called skydrive. This is why they sued. It is nothing to do with mistaking the channel with the storage area.
localzuk Posted January 28, 2014 Posted January 28, 2014 As to them having to change the name at all, its rubbish, who is going to mistake a dirty tv channel with a storage provider anyway, it is as bad as the rounded corners debacle and Apple got away with sharing with Apple Records, despite their foray into music. There are definitely two rules in the UK and MS seems to get the much harsher set. Sky operate in the same market - they are an ISP and run various online sites and services. So, as they have been using the term 'Sky' in relation to online services for longer than Microsoft and if they wanted to continue to own that trademark, they legally had to sue Microsoft to stop them using it in their products. If you don't protect your trademark, you lose it. In this country, ask anyone on the street who runs a service beginning with Sky and the average consumer will say Sky the TV company. I really doubt it'd be worth it to Microsoft to spend £14bn+ on BSkyB for a brand name.
Arthur Posted January 28, 2014 Author Posted January 28, 2014 It is nothing to do with mistaking the channel with the storage area. I know. Ubuntu One is similar to OneDrive though.
sonofsanta Posted January 28, 2014 Posted January 28, 2014 Why isn't it Bing Drive? Why is their email service Outlook and not Bing Mail? Because anybody in tech has the same convulsive reaction to the word "Bing" as they do to an . An involuntary shudder courses through your body and you find yourself making the sign of the three finger salute to ward off evil.
sparkeh Posted January 28, 2014 Posted January 28, 2014 Because anybody in tech has the same convulsive reaction to the word "Bing" as they do to an . An involuntary shudder courses through your body and you find yourself making the sign of the three finger salute to ward off evil. Always makes me think of Chandler Bing. Probably not what they were going for.
Gatt Posted January 28, 2014 Posted January 28, 2014 Because anybody in tech has the same convulsive reaction to the word "Bing" as they do to an . An involuntary shudder courses through your body and you find yourself making the sign of the three finger salute to ward off evil. Err an Alarm clock buzzer is more like: MWEEEEP MWEEEEP MWEEEEP MWEEEEP MWEEEEP Whereas I'd associate "Bing" with a Microwave..
sonofsanta Posted January 28, 2014 Posted January 28, 2014 Err an Alarm clock buzzer is more like: MWEEEEP MWEEEEP MWEEEEP MWEEEEP MWEEEEP Whereas I'd associate "Bing" with a Microwave.. I didn't meant the sound (didn't even think of it like that tbh ), just the involuntary overreaction I have to both that sound and to the word "Bing". Both make my skin crawl. +1 for Chandler Bing as well. I always hear it as shouted out by Janice as well, which makes it even worse!
sted Posted January 28, 2014 Posted January 28, 2014 Err an Alarm clock buzzer is more like: MWEEEEP MWEEEEP MWEEEEP MWEEEEP MWEEEEP Whereas I'd associate "Bing" with a Microwave.. or the python sketch ahh! i see you have a machine that goes bing
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