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Re:Please, call a spade a spade by timClicks on Friday February 24, 2012 @04:34PM (#3631163)
The essence of trade mark law is that similar products should have different names, so that consumers can distinguish between them. Calling a photo gallery application "Photos" is great until the next trader wants to build a photo gallery application.
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Re:Please, call a spade a spade by JumpCrisscross on Friday February 24, 2012 @05:35PM (#3631419)
You buy Windows. They're not re-branding Windows "OS". Once you have Windows the features in the OS don't have to keep competing for your attention as furiously.
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Re:Please, call a spade a spade by wmf on Friday February 24, 2012 @07:30PM (#3631724)
I think you've gotten to the real point. Apps like Mail, Photos, etc. are not standalone products; they're just features of Windows.
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