Thread: Microsoft to drop "Metro" name for Windows 8
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Old 08-06-2012, 12:45 PM   #41
fjtorres
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Originally Posted by ScotiaBurrell View Post
Lawsuit bait?
Hardly.
The GUI-style formerly known as Metro is an evolution of existing MS GUIs. It's not all that similar and, where there is similarity (Live Tiles, etc) it is in areas where Android and iOS have been copying from ZUNE, Windows Phone, and XBOX.

Anyway, to understand why the corporate types are hyperventilating over Win 8, check this out:
http://www.zdnet.com/will-the-real-w...up-7000002134/
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