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Re:The Windows Subsystem for Android now runs Android 13 in ... by andrecarini on Monday December 19, 2022 @08:32PM (#34060391)
> decided Windows had to come "first"

I heard someone say it here at HN that the reason it's worded this way is to avoid copyright infringement issues if they were to lead the name with someone else's trademark.

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Re:The Windows Subsystem for Android now runs Android 13 in ... by MishaalRahman on Monday December 19, 2022 @08:33PM (#34060398)
>As I mentioned earlier in the thread, it's not about positioning of words, it's about the legalities of trademark usage; we cannot lead a product name with a term trademarked by someone else

Source: https://twitter.com/richturn_ms/status/1245742145119510529

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