OneDrive Is Microsoft's Rebranded Name For SkyDrive

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OneDrive Is Microsoft's Rebranded Name For SkyDrive

Posted by Unknown on Monday January 27, 2014 @05:07PM from the sesame-street-suing-over-use-of-one dept.

SmartAboutThings writes with news that Microsoft finally figured out what to rename SkyDrive, after losing rights to the trademark last year. From the article: "Microsoft has just announced that SkyDrive, their cloud storage service, will be renamed to OneDrive very soon. This follows the news of trademark infringement case filed by British Sky Broadcasting Group (BSkyB) last year over SkyDrive branding. Microsoft had initially hinted at fighting BSkyB's claims over SkyDrive branding, but then decided to step back and rebrand their cloud offering. The Redmond giant has registered onedrive.com and has also posted a promotional video on YouTube announcing the upcoming change."

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It'll be fun to watch. by allaunjsilverfox2 · 2014-01-27 17:09 · Score: 1

And see if someone tries to force them to change the name again. I mean, if that happens, what can they do except use made up words?

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1. Re:It'll be fun to watch. by OptimalCynic · 2014-01-27 17:17 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Twodrive, Threedrive, etc. The possibilities are (literally) endless!
2. Re:It'll be fun to watch. by bondsbw · 2014-01-27 17:45 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  That's what they all say, until they reach TwoBillion-OneHundredFortySevenMillion-FourHundredEightyThreeThousand-SixHundredFortyEightDrive.
  
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3. Re:It'll be fun to watch. by davester666 · 2014-01-27 17:53 · Score: 1
  
  LiveDrive
  WindowsDrive
  or have they finished burning those brands to the ground?
  
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4. Re:It'll be fun to watch. by OptimalCynic · 2014-01-27 17:54 · Score: 1
  
  Launching tomorrow, TwoBillion-OneHundredFortySevenMillion-FourHundredEightyThreeThousand-SixHundredFortyNineDrive!
5. Re:It'll be fun to watch. by TheInternetGuy · 2014-01-27 17:55 · Score: 2
  
  Twodrive, Threedrive, etc. The possibilities are (literally) endless!
  Well,at-least until they hit Googolplex-drive and end up in MAD patent battle with Google.
  
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6. Re:It'll be fun to watch. by flatt · 2014-01-27 17:58 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Everybody knows that since it is Microsoft software, you should wait for threepointonedrive.
7. Re: It'll be fun to watch. by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-27 17:58 · Score: 0
  
  Microsoft should stick to their own naming conventions and use "Drive 360" and later on release a updated version named "Drive One"
8. Re:It'll be fun to watch. by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-27 18:29 · Score: 0
  
  Then they can just start counting in German. Then Icelandic. Then Spanish/Italian... and if they still have legal troubles, there is always Japanese and the various forms of Chinese. I think Microsoft has enough potentially numbered drives to keep a legal battle running through to the end of the world... good thing they decided to make their cloud-based drives number-based instead of letter-based, because if they didn't no matter what language they use they'd end up as limited as their OS family.
9. Re:It'll be fun to watch. by Therad · 2014-01-27 18:30 · Score: 1
  
  ThreepointelevenDriveforworkgroups will be sooo much better than ThreepointoneDrive.
10. Re:It'll be fun to watch. by TheLink · 2014-01-27 18:39 · Score: 1
  
  They should appeal. The courts shouldn't allow BSkyB to have a monopoly over using the word "Sky" anymore than they should allow Microsoft to have a monopoly over the word "Windows" ;). (Or some idiot company and the word "Candy"). There's not big confusion when the word Sky is used together with another word- SkyDrive.
  
  So:
  Microsoft Windows, yes.
  Candy Crush, yes.
  BSkyB yes.
  SkyOne yes.
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11. Re:It'll be fun to watch. by ozmanjusri · 2014-01-27 18:40 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  you should wait for threepointonedrive.
  I'm waiting for version 3.14159..., aka Pi-in-theSkyDrive
  
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12. Re:It'll be fun to watch. by crutchy · 2014-01-27 18:45 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  something like MicrosoftDrive should be pretty safe
  guess they don't want any association with "that" brand... can't say i blame them
13. Re:It'll be fun to watch. by mwvdlee · 2014-01-27 19:09 · Score: 2
  
  That'll be Minus-TwoBillion-OneHundredFortySevenMillion-FourHundredEightyThreeThousand-SixHundredFortyNineDrive, thank you very much.
  
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14. Re:It'll be fun to watch. by Opportunist · 2014-01-27 19:18 · Score: 0
  
  (cue marketing meeting)
  *sigh* Ok. Could someone google twenty-three drive this time before we use ... what? BING IT! I MEAN TO SAY BING IT!
  I mean... it's still called Bing, right?
  
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15. Re:It'll be fun to watch. by Centurix · 2014-01-27 19:27 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  InfiniteImprobabilityDrive, all you files become pictures of whales and petunias.
  
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16. Re:It'll be fun to watch. by Opportunist · 2014-01-27 19:30 · Score: 3, Insightful
  
  There are certain languages that aren't so well suited to certain brands. Not so much because they don't fit but because they don't "sound" nice to an ear that doesn't understand the language. Let's be honest, French sounds as if the product cannot be PG-13, Finnish a bit like it was branded after some Islamist terrorist, German like the product could single-handedly start a hostile takeover of your company, Italian like it's telling you to go to hell in a very nice way and Hungarian like doing so in a less nice way.
  Plus, not knowing the language really well can lead to certain ... let's say misunderstandings. Remember the Mitsubishi Montero? Well, you only can if you're living in a Spanish speaking country or the US. Almost everywhere else it was called the Mitsubishi Pajero. Take a wild guess why it was renamed. If your Spanish isn't good enough for a guess, read the Wikipedia page...
  
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17. Re:It'll be fun to watch. by Opportunist · 2014-01-27 19:38 · Score: 1
  
  Well, if you can brand name a fruit that has been a food staple for millennia...
  
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18. Re:It'll be fun to watch. by real+gumby · 2014-01-27 20:18 · Score: 0
  
  640K ought to be enough for anybody
19. Re:It'll be fun to watch. by codeButcher · 2014-01-27 20:22 · Score: 2
  
  Aleph naught drive.
  Although personally I prefer the dev null drive.
  
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20. Re:It'll be fun to watch. by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-27 20:24 · Score: 0
  
  I'm waiting for ServicePackOneDrive.
21. Re:It'll be fun to watch. by rvw · 2014-01-27 20:46 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  LiveDrive
  WindowsDrive
  or have they finished burning those brands to the ground?
  DriveBy could be another name that will end all these problems for them.
22. Re: It'll be fun to watch. by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-27 20:46 · Score: 0
  
  So by that logic there's no problem at all calling it Apple Drive, or Honda Drive.
  Candy is a bit silly, but when the word is the well known name of a company they have little choice but to sue to protect it.
23. Re:It'll be fun to watch. by hawkinspeter · 2014-01-27 20:50 · Score: 2
  
  I think Sky have a very reasonable case with this as they provide broadband and cloud email and storage in the UK, so Microsoft is pushing a product that can be directly confused with Sky's products.
  
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24. Re:It'll be fun to watch. by MichaelSmith · 2014-01-27 20:54 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  D Drive.
  
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25. Re:It'll be fun to watch. by TheGratefulNet · 2014-01-27 21:01 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Although personally I prefer the dev null drive.
  ah, I see you've had some experience with Maxtors, too...
  
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26. Re:It'll be fun to watch. by Big+Hairy+Ian · 2014-01-27 21:36 · Score: 1
  
  Oh dear surely the queen has copyrights on One :D
  
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27. Re:It'll be fun to watch. by JaredOfEuropa · 2014-01-27 21:44 · Score: 2
  
  How about One.com making waves? Sky is an ISP (amongst other things), but One.com is a service provider, and a little bit closer to what SkyDrive actually does (though I'm not sure if One.com offers similar cloud storage).
  
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28. Re:It'll be fun to watch. by StripedCow · 2014-01-27 22:30 · Score: 2
  
  Twodrive, Threedrive, etc. The possibilities are (literally) endless!
  Yes, but only countably endless.
  
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29. Re:It'll be fun to watch. by DeathToBill · 2014-01-27 22:34 · Score: 1
  
  This is supposed to be News for Nerds, Stuff that Matters, and the number of people who didn't get the "TwoBillion-OneHundredFortySevenMillion-FourHundredEightyThreeThousand-SixHundredFortyEightDrive" joke is rather depressing.
  
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30. Re:It'll be fun to watch. by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-27 22:53 · Score: 0
  
  Maxtors? Please. Death Stars make Maxtors seems like the most reliable drives in the known universe.
31. Re:It'll be fun to watch. by ifiwereasculptor · 2014-01-27 23:00 · Score: 1
  
  Coming from the company that neamed its third Xbox the Xbox One, I'm actually surprised they didn't christen it the SixDrive. It'd be great for ads:
  "Xbox network integration, so you can invite a friend over to Xbone with your SixDrive!"
32. Re:It'll be fun to watch. by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-27 23:08 · Score: 0
  
  ....Endless ?? ... Up to GoogolDrive ??
33. Re:It'll be fun to watch. by alex67500 · 2014-01-27 23:13 · Score: 1
  
  How about McDrive? That sounds catchy, don't you think?
34. Re: It'll be fun to watch. by sturle · 2014-01-27 23:20 · Score: 1
  
  There should be a Drive before Drive 360. And let's not forget Drive 3.11, Drive 95 and Drive XP and ME, and then Drive 7 and 8, which all serve the same purpose. And Drive 2012 Enterprise to make the confusion complete.
  At least Microsoft will keep an eye (+ hundreds of NSA's eyes) on what you store there, and delete your account if they don't like it. http://wmpoweruser.com/watch-w...
35. Re:It'll be fun to watch. by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-27 23:22 · Score: 0
  
  And see if someone tries to force them to change the name again.
  Like Ubuntu, who have their Ubuntu One Storage service.
36. Re:It'll be fun to watch. by OptimalCynic · 2014-01-27 23:27 · Score: 2
  
  They use 64 bit naming.
37. Re:It'll be fun to watch. by Rufty · 2014-01-27 23:38 · Score: 1
  
  VistaDrive, MeDrive, DriveMetro, MeDriveMetro
  
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38. Re:It'll be fun to watch. by msobkow · 2014-01-27 23:39 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  Tsk. You don't understand.
  It's not a failed product.
  It's a failed marketing campaign.
  Clearly rebadging the steaming pile of schite is the way to go. :P
  
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39. Re:It'll be fun to watch. by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-27 23:42 · Score: 0
  
  I think Sky have a very reasonable case with this as they provide broadband and cloud email and storage in the UK
  Not necessarily. While they have products that can be confused with the Microsoft one it doesn't mean that they have a case.
  If you want a strong trademark you shouldn't use a common word for your company/product. Being a common word is why Microsoft were unable to trademark "Windows" and had to go for "Microsoft Windows" instead.
  Does it seem reasonable that one can trademark the word "Sky" alone?
  If Sky already has a product named SkyDrive they have a case but if they want to prevent people from using their company name in products they have to rename themselves.
  You can either go for a generic name that people feel familiarity with or you can choose a unique name and build a trademark. You do not have the right to take a common word and assert it as yours.
  Sadly many companies are shortsighted that way. A common name is nice when you are small and want people to immediately associate your name with something but once you have grown enough for people to recognize your brand you really want something unique.
40. Re:It'll be fun to watch. by hawkinspeter · 2014-01-28 00:08 · Score: 1
  
  There's nothing wrong with using a common name as a trademark within reason. Sky have obviously used a common name for their company, but it's ridiculous for Microsoft to come along and try to sell a competing product that uses Sky in the title. "Apple" is a common word, but it would be ludicrous for Microsoft to start selling an AppleCall phone. There's a reason that the courts have sided with Sky.
  
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41. Re:It'll be fun to watch. by darkinnit · 2014-01-28 00:22 · Score: 1
  
  One.com does offer similar storage, it's called One.com Cloud Drive: https://www.one.com/en/cloud-d...
42. Re:It'll be fun to watch. by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-28 00:23 · Score: 0
  
  Which is ironic really, given that pajero is a pretty good description of most of their drivers.
43. Re:It'll be fun to watch. by Sique · 2014-01-28 00:34 · Score: 1
  
  Metro is already taken in most of Europe by Metro AG. (Yes, the new GUI on Windows 8.x is not called Metro in Europe). And I am pretty sure you will find a Vista Drive in some scenic neighborhood in the U.S. (Especially Vista Drive, Cupertino CA).
  
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44. Re:It'll be fun to watch. by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-28 00:51 · Score: 1
  
  NSADrive
45. Re:It'll be fun to watch. by gbjbaanb · 2014-01-28 00:52 · Score: 1
  
  That's like the MR2 sports car - in French you'd pronounce that "M R deux" which is quite a lot like "merde".
  So Toyota made a car for the French market and called it Shit, so you have to be careful with even simple combinations of letters and numbers in a code.
46. Re:It'll be fun to watch. by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-28 00:56 · Score: 1
  
  Well, except that it isn't a steaming pile. It is a solid service. Why would you say it isn't - besides what must be some insane Microsoft hating?
47. Re:It'll be fun to watch. by similar_name · 2014-01-28 01:00 · Score: 1
  
  The square-root of negative one is probably taken.
48. Re:It'll be fun to watch. by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-28 01:24 · Score: 0
  
  F(ail) Drive is more like it.
  I liked Skydrive for the naming alone. I could enunciate to the executives YOUR FILES, YOUR ERP, YOUR COMPUTARS, YOUR INTERNETS AND THE TUBES, THEY ALL LIVE IN THE SKY MAN. THE SKY. ALL WATCHED OVER BY RULER AND OVERLORD SKYNET. ALL HAIL SKYNET!
  Typing in some more garbage here to hopefully get past the retarded filter. This is slashdot, we know all it takes is 1/16th of an inch to not sound like a retard but sometimes we want to.
49. Re:It'll be fun to watch. by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-28 01:25 · Score: 0
  
  C:Drive
  You know, for cloud
50. Re:It'll be fun to watch. by Noughmad · 2014-01-28 01:51 · Score: 1
  
  Then they can just start counting in German.
  Yes, while we're at it, let's call it OneDriver, or in German, EinFuhrer. Nobody will dispute this trademark!
  
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51. Re:It'll be fun to watch. by jawtheshark · 2014-01-28 02:00 · Score: 1
  
  Un "merdeux" is pretty much a shithead.
  
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52. Re:It'll be fun to watch. by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-28 02:00 · Score: 0
  
  There's nothing wrong with using a common name as a trademark within reason. Sky have obviously used a common name for their company, but it's ridiculous for Microsoft to come along and try to sell a competing product that uses Sky in the title.
  In the Microsoft vs. Lindows case windows was not considered to be unique enough to be trademarked.
53. Re:It'll be fun to watch. by hawkinspeter · 2014-01-28 02:48 · Score: 1
  
  That's very different as "Windows" is not the name of the company. I imagine if they had used "Licrosoft" as the name, then they would have lost.
  
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54. Re:It'll be fun to watch. by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-28 02:55 · Score: 0
  
  Surely you mean cachy?
55. Re:It'll be fun to watch. by TangoMargarine · 2014-01-28 04:03 · Score: 1
  
  Thanks for explaining the joke. This is the max size for signed 32-bit int? (or rather, one over)
  
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56. Re:It'll be fun to watch. by TangoMargarine · 2014-01-28 04:07 · Score: 1
  
  And if you don't have an X-Box One, you can run it in Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 8.
  
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57. Re:It'll be fun to watch. by msobkow · 2014-01-28 05:32 · Score: 1
  
  I consider all online drives to be overhyped steaming piles of shit. What's the functional difference between these so-called "cloud" services and an old fashioned FTP server?
  Bugger all but branding.
  
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58. Re:It'll be fun to watch. by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-28 05:47 · Score: 0
  
  Old fashioned FTP servers aren't generally free. I get 25GB on Skydrive, 50GB on Box and 15GB on Google Drive for free. I haven't seen a single ad because I block them and all of the stuff I upload is heavily encrypted, so no worries about NSA or other spies nosing in. Works great.
59. Re:It'll be fun to watch. by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-28 05:50 · Score: 0
  
  Or "Mr. 2", which in Japanese is "Nissan".
60. Re:It'll be fun to watch. by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-28 05:54 · Score: 0
  
  The new GUI in Windows 8 isn't called Metro anywhere. Metro is the name of Microsoft's design language.
61. Re:It'll be fun to watch. by Sable+Drakon · 2014-01-28 06:46 · Score: 1
  
  System integration, plain and simple. Install a client, set a directory, and you never have to think about it ever again. Everything in that directory is automaticly uploaded to the service. Can't do that with an FTP server, you've got to deal with an FTP client or some web interface to get your files on there.
  
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62. Re:It'll be fun to watch. by lgw · 2014-01-28 07:28 · Score: 1
  
  And so? An old fashioned FTP server was a useful thing. Onedrive and Dropbox and etc are just as useful.
  
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63. Re:It'll be fun to watch. by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-28 07:44 · Score: 0
  
  Typo: it's spelled "mierde' ".
64. Re:It'll be fun to watch. by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-28 07:48 · Score: 0
  
  Actually, you can
65. Re:It'll be fun to watch. by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-28 07:57 · Score: 0
  
  No it isn't. "Mierda" (note the "a") is Spanish for "shit, but GP is correct in saying "merde" is French for "shit".
66. Re:It'll be fun to watch. by vux984 · 2014-01-28 09:01 · Score: 1
  
  Well, except that it isn't a steaming pile. It is a solid service. Why would you say it isn't - besides what must be some insane Microsoft hating?
  Well, their decision to monitor your files, even private ones, is beyond obnoxious.
  http://wmpoweruser.com/microso...
  I certainly don't need Microsoft snooping around in my files, and potentially revoking not only skydrive (onedrive?) access but locking me out of a bunch of other stuff simply because something in some private file triggered some filter.
67. Re: It'll be fun to watch. by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-29 07:29 · Score: 0
  
  No that would be einfahrer
68. Re:It'll be fun to watch. by Kalriath · 2014-01-29 08:53 · Score: 1
  
  Is "Death Star" another name for "2GB Seagate"?
  
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69. Re:It'll be fun to watch. by fastasleep · 2014-01-29 10:47 · Score: 1
  
  iDrive
My Computer, One Drive? by ScottCooperDotNet · 2014-01-27 17:15 · Score: 4, Funny

I can hear this now:
"I saved it on one drive."
"Which drive did you save it on?"
"On my one drive."
"Like your C drive?"
If they hadn't dumped all the Live branding, they could have gone after LiveDrive.
Are copyright laws in Europe stricter about customer confusion? Or is this a case where if they can't use it in one country, MS won't use it anywhere?
1. Re:My Computer, One Drive? by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-27 17:49 · Score: 3, Insightful
  
  A better name for SkyDrive would be SpyDrive.
2. Re:My Computer, One Drive? by OptimalCynic · 2014-01-27 17:54 · Score: 1
  
  SkyNetDrive?
3. Re:My Computer, One Drive? by hawkingradiation · 2014-01-27 19:20 · Score: 2
  
  If you would notice a pattern where Microsoft names their products with simple, yet all encompassing names. For example:
  
  Word,
  Office,
  SQL Server,
  System Center,
  and many others...including the name "Windows"
  
  It is amazing as if Bill Gates had a dog and named him "Microsoft Woof".
  
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4. Re:My Computer, One Drive? by Opportunist · 2014-01-27 19:39 · Score: 1
  
  And maybe that's the actual reason they decided to dump that name. The ways it could be "misread" are just too many.
  
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5. Re:My Computer, One Drive? by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-27 19:53 · Score: 0
  
  No, they were sued.
6. Re:My Computer, One Drive? by Savage-Rabbit · 2014-01-27 20:20 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  I can hear this now:
  "I saved it on one drive."
  "Which drive did you save it on?"
  "On my one drive."
  "Like your C drive?"
  "No, my One Drive to rule them all, One Drive to find them,
  One Drive to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.
  In the Land of Microsoft where the Shadows lie."
  MWUHAHAHAHAHAHAH!
  
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7. Re:My Computer, One Drive? by JustOK · 2014-01-27 20:34 · Score: 1
  
  Does it run under Linux? Imagine a Beowulf cluster of them.
  
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8. Re:My Computer, One Drive? by Xest · 2014-01-27 21:05 · Score: 1
  
  It's probably more that they realised the only thing anyone uses OneDrive for is uploading XBox One videos direct from their console, so it makes sense to capitalise on that only real popular use for it.
9. Re:My Computer, One Drive? by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-27 21:29 · Score: 0
  
  Are copyright laws in Europe stricter about customer confusion?
  Differs from nation to nation. Some smaller nations have pretty abysmal copyright laws after US strong-armed them to implement laws that they didn't manage to get back home. This is however not about copyright but about trademark.
  One notable difference is that while you can't (or is not supposed to) be able to trademark a regular word like windows, sky and scrolls what is considered to be regular words differs from language to language.
  Because of this "Windows" is a registered trademark in nations where the official language isn't English and "windows" doesn't mean anything. In English speaking nations the trademark is for "Microsoft Windows". This means that "Lindows" isn't a trademark infringement in English speaking nations but could be in others. A glass manufacturer called "Mikes Windows" is not a trademark infringement since they work in a different market.
10. Re:My Computer, One Drive? by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-28 00:31 · Score: 0
  
  shouldn't it have been DriveOne then? :> then again that would open up for DO on arrival I suppose...
11. Re:My Computer, One Drive? by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-28 01:32 · Score: 0
  
  This reminds me of a similar issue with the railways in the UK where, for a short time, one of the private railway companies decided to brand themselves "one".
  So then we had announcements like the "Platform 1 for the 10:30 'one' service to Norwich", which of course makes it difficult to distinguish if it's the 10:30 "one" service or the 10:31 service.
12. Re:My Computer, One Drive? by bondsbw · 2014-01-28 02:57 · Score: 1
  
  Microsoft did have a dog named Rover, originally in Microsoft Bob but later used in Windows XP's search.
  
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13. Re:My Computer, One Drive? by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-28 03:58 · Score: 0
  
  If you would notice a pattern where Microsoft names their products with simple, yet all encompassing names.
  Yes, it's clearly a pattern. We have Xwindow, they create Windows. Then they sue anyone who uses Windows. Google has Drive, already. They beat Microsoft at it's own evil game!
14. Re:My Computer, One Drive? by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-28 05:12 · Score: 0
  
  I don't care what they call it as long as it has enough space for my collection of Natalie Portman covered in hot grits! ;)
15. Re:My Computer, One Drive? by JustOK · 2014-01-28 06:12 · Score: 1
  
  Wait. Do you mean your collection of Natalie Portman is covered in hot grits? Cuz that's just sick.
  
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16. Re:My Computer, One Drive? by sootman · 2014-01-28 06:21 · Score: 1
  
  I deal with this every day...
  "Can you click on the link to Lync and join the meeting?"
  "Hang on, I'll past a link into Lync."
  Try saying those out loud. Yes, it's annoying. Damned retards in their naming department.
  
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17. Re:My Computer, One Drive? by david_thornley · 2014-01-29 05:56 · Score: 1
  
  Before Microsoft, there was IBM.
  Personal Computer
  Disk Operating System (predates PC-DOS/MS-DOS - ran on 360s)
  Operating System/Multiple Fixed Partitions
  (and a batch of other OS-related things)
  Time-Sharing Option
  A Programming Language
  Programming Language One
  Many of those things are better known by acronyms (and what do you think their database DB2 stands for?).
  
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I'm pretty sure... by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-27 17:17 · Score: 0

Sky's first channel is called Sky One.
Umm... by Sable+Drakon · 2014-01-27 17:18 · Score: 0

Any people should use this over Dropbox why? I'll take a service that works on all relevant platforms over Microsoft's Windows/WP only crap any day.

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1. Re:Umm... by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-27 17:43 · Score: 0
  
  SkyDrive is available on iOS and android.
2. Re:Umm... by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-27 17:57 · Score: 0
  
  SkyDrive is available on iOS and android.
  (And OSX as well)
3. Re:Umm... by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-27 18:03 · Score: 0
  
  Skydrive/Onedrive actually has better cross platform support than dropbox surprisingly.
4. Re:Umm... by cheater512 · 2014-01-27 19:06 · Score: 1
  
  Err how exactly?
5. Re:Umm... by Opportunist · 2014-01-27 19:41 · Score: 1
  
  Because you may rest assured that MS will not abuse its superior position in the market and somehow cram it down the throat of anyone using any kind of MS product but rely entirely on the superiority of the product.
  
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6. Re: Umm... by cyber-vandal · 2014-01-27 19:58 · Score: 1
  
  Dropbox is available on Android.
7. Re:Umm... by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-27 20:45 · Score: 1
  
  SkyDrive is available on iOS and android.
  Until future notice where it become Windows 9 exclusive...
  Been there, done that. Microsoft isn't fooling me twice.
8. Re: Umm... by drb_chimaera · 2014-01-27 21:38 · Score: 1
  
  And iOS too, for that matter :)
9. Re:Umm... by M1FCJ · 2014-01-28 00:06 · Score: 2
  
  Bollocks. I've got Dropbox running on my linux boxen, where's the SkyDrive equivalent from Microsoft?
10. Re:Umm... by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-28 02:50 · Score: 0
  
  Bollocks. I've got Dropbox running on my linux boxen, where's the SkyDrive equivalent from Microsoft?
  Never mind the bollocks, this is the Sex Drive!
  Sex Cloud?
  I mean, M$ never makes his products look sexy like the Fruit Company. Maybe it's about time they did something about it!
11. Re: Umm... by Sable+Drakon · 2014-01-28 06:55 · Score: 1
  
  And Dropbox is on Linux. OneDrive and even Google's vaunted Drive services aren't. That's why Dropbox is the good service, OneDrive and GDrive can all continue to be irrelevant.
  
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12. Re: Umm... by CronoCloud · 2014-01-28 09:03 · Score: 1
  
  and even Google's vaunted Drive services aren't.
  
  Google says that a Linux Google Drive client will come.....someday.
13. Re: Umm... by Sable+Drakon · 2014-01-28 09:07 · Score: 1
  
  I'll believe that when I see it. But until that day, Dropbox is going to be the better service.
  
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14. Re:Umm... by Kalriath · 2014-01-29 13:10 · Score: 1
  
  What's a boxen, and how hard was it to install Linux on it?
  
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I can just see it... by grcumb · 2014-01-27 17:19 · Score: 5, Funny

Coming soon...
Celebrity endorsement of One Drive by the eye of Sauron: 'One Drive rules them all! Two thumbs up! If I had Thumbs!'
Enter our One Draw to win! Secret decoder rings for the first nine (human) winners!

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1. Re:I can just see it... by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-27 19:37 · Score: 0
  
  Of course he has thumbs.
  Where do you think he keeps his spare rings?
2. Re:I can just see it... by Opportunist · 2014-01-27 19:46 · Score: 2
  
  Sorry, no. It's been established long ago that the Nazgul work in the legal department of IBM.
  
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3. Re:I can just see it... by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-28 01:33 · Score: 0
  
  Decades ago, Bill Gates worked closely with IBM to produce OS/2. During that time, he gave 9 rings as Christmas gifts to IBM's legal department.
Ubuntu One by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-27 17:24 · Score: 4, Insightful

So now they will duke it out with Ubuntu?
1. Re:Ubuntu One by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-27 21:10 · Score: 0
  
  That is the question. Especially given that Sky is a broadcaster, and Ubuntu One is a cloud storage - this seems like they have picked a *worse* name.
2. Re:Ubuntu One by jones_supa · 2014-01-27 22:36 · Score: 1
  
  Hah, I was just going to say that. Good luck with Canonical.
3. Re:Ubuntu One by sturle · 2014-01-27 23:32 · Score: 1
  
  Or one.com and their Cloud Drive. We have One Drive, One Cloud, Cloud Drive and IBM's CloudOne. Drive One sell cars. Drive Cloud is free!
trademark infringement British Sky Broadcating by The+Grim+Reefer · 2014-01-27 17:25 · Score: 2

I'm not sure how this would be confusing a trademark. Does British Sky Broadcasting offer a remote storage solution? This seems almost as silly as if Anderson Windows went after Microsoft for calling their OS "Windows" I know that I always get pissed when I'm stupid enough to order glass panes when I meant to get an OS. I've been to the UK and know many people there. I'm pretty confident that they are smart enough that they won't order online storage when they meant to watch television.
1. Re:trademark infringement British Sky Broadcating by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-27 17:44 · Score: 0
  
  BSB have a large number of online services that use "Sky" branding - they are a big media player and a large ISP.
  If MS made a "Virgin" drive, do you think this would go unchallenged too?
2. Re:trademark infringement British Sky Broadcating by dbIII · 2014-01-27 19:41 · Score: 2
  
  Does British Sky Broadcasting offer a remote storage solution
  It's a part of the Murdoch empire, which had an ISP when mosaic was the web browser of choice, so there's probably something like that in there.
3. Re:trademark infringement British Sky Broadcating by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-27 20:31 · Score: 0
  
  Does British Sky Broadcasting offer a remote storage solution?
  They did: Sky Store & Share.
  Closed at 2011-12-01, though: Sky Store & Share has closed
OneDrive stands for ... by middlemen · 2014-01-27 17:35 · Score: 4, Funny

Our NSA Enabled Drive...
1. Re:OneDrive stands for ... by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-27 18:24 · Score: 0
  
  Nah, Google Drive had that first.
2. Re:OneDrive stands for ... by cheater512 · 2014-01-27 19:07 · Score: 0
  
  If you've been under a rock for the past few years, Microsoft copies EVERYTHING!
3. Re:OneDrive stands for ... by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-28 03:30 · Score: 0
  
  Nah, Google Drive had that first.
  Obi Wan: "The acronyms are WHOOSH with this one".
ONE drive by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-27 17:36 · Score: 1

to rule them all !!!
Ubuntu One? by agendi · 2014-01-27 17:37 · Score: 5, Interesting

The name reminds me of another cloud storage service strongly identified with an OS https://one.ubuntu.com/

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1. Re:Ubuntu One? by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-27 18:02 · Score: 0
  
  The name reminds me of another cloud storage service strongly identified with an OS https://one.ubuntu.com/
  
  Good point. I guess Microsoft thinks they have such a big war-chest they can tell everyone else to fuck off.
  This hasn't been working for Apple lately, not sure why MS thinks it'll work for them.
2. Re:Ubuntu One? by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-27 18:20 · Score: 0
  
  Lord Smoked Meats and Fishes Drive.
  Works for me.
3. Re:Ubuntu One? by crutchy · 2014-01-27 18:53 · Score: 1
  
  Oh yes!! Then Microsoft could rename itself "SCO One" :-)
4. Re:Ubuntu One? by dingen · 2014-01-27 20:01 · Score: 4, Informative
  
  There's also http://one.com/ which offers a cloud storage service.
  It would be hilarious if Microsoft was forced to change the name again *fingers crossed*
  
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5. Re:Ubuntu One? by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-28 00:12 · Score: 0
  
  There's also http://one.com/ which offers a cloud storage service.
  It would be hilarious if Microsoft was forced to change the name again *fingers crossed*
  I bet they would just buy One.com rather than fight it. They don't appear to be that large.
6. Re:Ubuntu One? by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-28 03:51 · Score: 0
  
  Microsoft has used the OneX Branding on web based products in the past. anyone remember OneCare? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Live_OneCare
7. Re:Ubuntu One? by david_thornley · 2014-01-29 06:00 · Score: 1
  
  They have an adequately big war-chest to get their trademarks under normal circumstances.
  Lindows wasn't defeated in court; they were paid to change to Linspire.
  There used to be a feminist bookstore in my city called Amazon Books. It got a very nice cash influx about the time it changed its name.
  I seem to remember somebody using something confusingly similar to Cisco's IOS, and an application of money seems to have settled that.
  
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use the Roman numeral by frovingslosh · 2014-01-27 17:41 · Score: 4, Funny

Microsoft should stat using the Roman numeral for One for things like their services and devices. I can't imagine it would upset anyone using the lesser lowe case i for their products.

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1. Re:use the Roman numeral by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-27 19:15 · Score: 0
  
  1Drive, Drive2.0, StarDrive, MyDrive, HardDrive (That's what she said!), (Pay Through the) NoseDrive
  or
  Buy Your Own Drive and quit paying rent on something you don't need.
Get rich quick by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-27 17:43 · Score: 0

Trademark XDrive
1. Re:Get rich quick by cusco · 2014-01-27 19:04 · Score: 2
  
  I think that A:\ Drive would be more appropriate. About the same speed, aren't they?
  
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Let's At Least Hope by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-27 17:47 · Score: 0

It's not a statement on their RAID or backup policy.
Ubuntu One .. by DTentilhao · 2014-01-27 17:53 · Score: 1

This wouldn't be the first time Microsoft co-incidentally named something confusingly similar to a rival service - OneDrive not to be confused with Ubuntu One or Office Open XML not to be confused with Open Office XML, or Palm PC not to be confused with Palm Pilot ..
1. Re:Ubuntu One .. by stox · 2014-01-27 17:56 · Score: 2
  
  I wince every time someone mentions the Palm PC.
  
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BSkyB didn't even have a SkyDrive by jader3rd · 2014-01-27 18:04 · Score: 2

I still think it's ridiculous that BSkyB won, given the fact that they don't have a SkyDrive.
1. Re:BSkyB didn't even have a SkyDrive by scott9693 · 2014-01-27 18:31 · Score: 1
  
  Agreed. On related news Livescribe has also agreed to stop using the word "sky" on its Sky pen.
  BskyB owns the word "sky" how ridiculous.
2. Re:BSkyB didn't even have a SkyDrive by cheater512 · 2014-01-27 19:10 · Score: 1
  
  Oh it wasn't BskyB who got cranky.
  Microsoft wanted to own Sky and tried booting BskyB off their trademark.
  After Murdoch sunk them with more lawyers, Microsoft is going for a loftier target: The number one.
  Just you wait. There will be Microsoft lawyers kicking down accountants and kindergarten doors demanding royalties any minute now.
3. Re: BSkyB didn't even have a SkyDrive by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-27 20:51 · Score: 0
  
  Maybe they should have called it Apple Drive.. After all Apple don't have anything by that name.. How could they object?
4. Re:BSkyB didn't even have a SkyDrive by MichaelSmith · 2014-01-27 20:57 · Score: 1
  
  You can't take the sky from me....
  
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5. Re:BSkyB didn't even have a SkyDrive by Wootery · 2014-01-28 01:34 · Score: 1
  
  Always struck me an odd line. Imprisonment must surely count as taking the sky from someone.
6. Re:BSkyB didn't even have a SkyDrive by SomePoorSchmuck · 2014-01-28 03:58 · Score: 1
  
  Always struck me an odd line. Imprisonment must surely count as taking the sky from someone.
  You're being too literal. The song is the psychological theme of the entire series -- the ship's crew are all in their own way voluntary rebels or involuntary outcasts who for one reason or another are only at home IN "the sky", that is, trawling through space visiting world after world with no solid ground, only the ship as "home" and only each other as "family/friend". They are ramblers and frontiersmen. The song isn't actually claiming that it is physically impossible to prevent them from seeing or entering "the sky". It's their creed; both a statement of defiance and a statement of purpose -- no matter what else each one of them may have lost, they are determined to preserve their freedom.
  "The sky" isn't just the physical sky. The lyric is a metaphor.
  
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7. Re:BSkyB didn't even have a SkyDrive by Wootery · 2014-01-28 04:17 · Score: 1
  
  Good call.
  
  "The sky" isn't just the physical sky. The lyric is a metaphor.
  Indeed, but the point is that you can't is a statement of defiance rather than an assertion of impossibility.
Obligatory Tolkienism by gishzida · 2014-01-27 18:18 · Score: 2

OneDrive to Rule them all and in the Darkness bind them.
1. Re:Obligatory Tolkienism by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-27 22:59 · Score: 0
  
  Microsoft doesn't use bind, silly. They use MS DNS Server.
2. Re:Obligatory Tolkienism by gishzida · 2014-01-27 23:43 · Score: 1
  
  Microsoft doesn't use bind, silly. They use MS DNS Server.
  Um...
  "The bind function associates a local address with a socket."
  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-u...
wait for the next version by Gravis+Zero · 2014-01-27 18:18 · Score: 1

the first version always sucks. wait for TwoDrive.

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1. Re:wait for the next version by Opportunist · 2014-01-27 19:50 · Score: 1
  
  I'm pondering waiting at least for ThreeDriveElevenForWorkgroups.
  
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Wow, how original by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-27 18:36 · Score: 2, Insightful

With all the billions they spend on everything else, they could have at least spent money on a design team to steal the logo and font style from a someplace other than their cloud competition, OwnCloud. This open source project has been around a while and hasn't really done much other branding, but somehow Microsoft decided it would just change the color and go with it. I can just hear Ballmer cheering on the team about how wonderful their marketing department is, yeeeeehaw!
BBC one will sue now? by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-27 18:42 · Score: 0

Then microsoft will rename to two drive, BBC 2 will sue, etc. etc.
skydrive/M$ drive is still relevant ? by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-27 18:47 · Score: 0

seriously I can't think of anybody I know that uses skydrive/onedrive
1. Re:skydrive/M$ drive is still relevant ? by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-27 18:53 · Score: 0
  
  seriously I can't think of anybody I know that uses skydrive/onedrive
  You don't know many people, do you?
2. Re:skydrive/M$ drive is still relevant ? by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-27 22:43 · Score: 0
  
  seriously I can't think of anybody I know that uses skydrive/onedrive
  Why not? SkyDrive works just fine and mostly does what it promises. You just sound like another brainwashed Linuxbot who has never tried anything past Windows XP.
3. Re:skydrive/M$ drive is still relevant ? by sturle · 2014-01-28 01:08 · Score: 1
  
  Because M$ reads your contents and delete your entire account if they find e.g. family pictures, manga, something which is copyrighted by anyone else, or anything which annoy Microsoft in any possible way. http://wmpoweruser.com/watch-w...
4. Re:skydrive/M$ drive is still relevant ? by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-28 05:29 · Score: 0
  
  That's pretty weird considering my friends have uploaded RAR'd warez and porn to their skydrive accounts and they're still going...
So does this mean Skype becomes..... by Hsien-Ko · 2014-01-27 18:49 · Score: 2

Onepe?
1. Re:So does this mean Skype becomes..... by hawkinspeter · 2014-01-27 20:58 · Score: 1
  
  Congratulations, you just won the internet.
  
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XDriveOne Live by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-27 18:53 · Score: 0

The XDriveOne Live still does not offer robust privacy. They know your keys, when know who you are, and when you upload what from where. This is not my one stop shop for storage like they might try and advertise. Latency is far worse than local disk too, even with full disk encryption. I'm gonna stick with my fancy system. I've got multiple hardware product as a service vendors lined up to provide low latency storage, onsite for the privacy aware, and with full support for the open SATA standard for you freedom folks. There are even existing addons available, like software layer encryption, RAID arrays and more!
Lawyers would have been cheaper by Laconique · 2014-01-27 19:00 · Score: 1

Given the originality of the name, you know some heavy duty expensive marketing team worked on it. I would not be surprised if that didn't cost them more than EU litigation. Lawyers are cheaper in Europe in my experience
1. Re:Lawyers would have been cheaper by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-27 19:28 · Score: 0
  
  But they would have lost. You may not have heard of it but Sky is a household brand here. Equivalent of calling it Fox drive if Fox, as well as being a TV channel, was also one of the biggest ISPs in the country.
The One Cloud by lunchlady55 · 2014-01-27 19:05 · Score: 5, Interesting

Three versions of Windows 8 for the Elven-kings under the sky,
Seven System Management Apps for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone,
Nine Office Productivity Tools for Mortal Men doomed to die,
One XBox for the Dark Lord on his dark sharepoint site
In the Land of Redmond where the Shadows lie.
One Cloud to rule them all, One Cloud to find them,
One EULA to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In the Land of Redmond where the Shadows lie.
1. Re:The One Cloud by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-28 02:47 · Score: 1
  
  One does not simply walk into Redmond. It is a barren wasteland. The very air you breathe is a poisonous fume. And the Gates is always watching.
2. Re:The One Cloud by CronoCloud · 2014-01-28 09:06 · Score: 1
  
  Not with ten thousand MSCE's could you do this. It is folly.
Directives of Moron by goombah99 · 2014-01-27 19:06 · Score: 5, Funny

"directives of moron" is an anagram of Microsoft OneDrive.

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1. Re:Directives of Moron by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-27 22:23 · Score: 0
  
  Figures. Microsoft, of course, will claim that it is just a coincidence, but we know better...
2. Re:Directives of Moron by MrNemesis · 2014-01-28 02:52 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  That's still better than some of the anagrams of Microsoft SkyDrive:
  Defrock My Visitors
  Frisky Coder's Vomit
  Mortify Dick Servos
  Voids First Mockery
  Modify Risk Vectors
  Cover Dorky Misfits
  Ivory Serfdom Stick
  It Forks My Divorces
  
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3. Re:Directives of Moron by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-28 04:43 · Score: 0
  
  Softy Smirk Divorce
4. Re:Directives of Moron by Anonymous Coward · 2014-02-02 23:01 · Score: 0
  
  I like to defrock my visitors with frisky coder's vomit and an ivory serfdom stick. It forks my divorces.
LOTR by Mubarmij · 2014-01-27 19:35 · Score: 1

OneDrive to rule them all, and in the darkness bind them.
Re:Awful by Opportunist · 2014-01-27 19:40 · Score: 1, Insightful

So it fits perfectly into the MS naming scheme, you say?

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Ubuntu One by jimshatt · 2014-01-27 19:53 · Score: 1

I wonder how Ubuntu / Canonical will react, with their Ubuntu One cloud storage solution.
Let's all trademark every word! Noone could speak! by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-27 21:57 · Score: 0

Not that I'm a M$ fanboy but it's shit that BSkyB has a lock on the word sky, common words like that should be off limits.
Re:Let's all trademark every word! Noone could spe by jones_supa · 2014-01-27 22:47 · Score: 1

True, that. BSkyB is essentially trademark trolling here.
What about Ubuntu One cloud Storage? by taleman · 2014-01-27 23:13 · Score: 1

https://one.ubuntu.com/
Does Microsoft for some reason want to keep on using names that are similar to what others are already using?
Ubuntu One Drive! by PixetaledPikachu · 2014-01-27 23:32 · Score: 1

This should be fun
Why not use Microsoft by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-27 23:38 · Score: 0

Seems to me to avoid any copyright issues Microsoft could just use their company name. Why not just call it Microsoft drive or Microsoft storage? I think Microsoft is trying to combine all its services into a uniform group anyway. But this reminds me of a even worse change of names. That is Apple's cloud services. Going from a .Mac to a MobileMe and then finally to iCloud. I have at least 3 aliases for email because of these ridiculous changes. If these companies are trying to make their services relevant. I am not sure making name changes helps in any way. People generally want something that is reliable and stable. Not constant change.
They can call it what they like - don't use it by Bearhouse · 2014-01-27 23:57 · Score: 1

Unless you don't give a damn about the confidentiality of your data.
If you don't fancy setting up your own server at home, try http://owncloud.org/
Advantage is clients available for many platforms, including Android.
If that's too hard, and/or you want 24/7/365, pick a hosting solution in the country of your choice.
Difficult to know which one to pick, tho'.
Like Lindows by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-28 00:02 · Score: 0

Or Gentium.
Or Kimba the Albino Lion
Apple? Lindows? by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-28 00:31 · Score: 0

Sorry, I don't buy this "While they have products that can be confused with the Microsoft one it doesn't mean that they have a case.". Because it's never helped anyone small.
CloudDrive, maybe? by danknight48 · 2014-01-28 00:38 · Score: 2

I'am no marketing expert, but why not milk the hell out of the "cloud"?
MS were the main culprits in creating this buzzword, yet, they wont use it?
Welcome to Tech Support in 2014:
user = I've lost my data!
support = Where did you store it?
user = Its in the clouds
support = I see, is it currently raining?
user = Yep
support = You'll need to grab a bucket, and try and collect all those data droplets
user = Got it, Your a genius!
1. Re:CloudDrive, maybe? by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-28 22:27 · Score: 0
  
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Cloud_Drive
One Drive to rule them all by gelfling · 2014-01-28 01:21 · Score: 1

Can't be lost on everyone.
A few alternative suggestions for the new name by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-28 02:45 · Score: 0

WinDrive
WinCloud
Cumulus Windows
Win Nukem Forever
ChernoDrive
Drive Far Far Away
RemoteDrive
Drivosoft
Whatchamaycallit
In other news by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-28 02:57 · Score: 0

In other news Zune has now been rebranded as OnePod and the Surface as the OnePad.
I am guessing an announcement is forthcoming that Windows will be rebranded as OneOS.
Who is in charge of naming at Microsoft? by kehren77 · 2014-01-28 03:23 · Score: 1

I mean seriously, how many products have they had to rename in the past few years? Metro, SkyDrive, etc...
Maybe they should try Googling these things before they announce them.
1. Re:Who is in charge of naming at Microsoft? by sturle · 2014-01-28 22:16 · Score: 1
  
  They tried, but used Bing instead of Google.
Obvious name taken.. by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-28 03:36 · Score: 0

CloudDrive : Amazon
CloudStore: UK govt!
CloudBox: LaCie
CloudWeb: CloudWeb
Netstore: Many
NetDrive: Bdrive Inc
xDrive: AOL
etc
Re:Awful by N0Man74 · 2014-01-28 04:20 · Score: 2

So it fits perfectly into the MS naming scheme, you say?
To be an awful name that fits perfectly into MS naming schemes, it would have been MyDocuments.com
History repeats itself... by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-28 05:26 · Score: 0

Jan/Feb 2014:
Maybe if we rename Skydrive as Onedrive, the Xbox One folks will join, and more people will associate our cloud service with our wonderful console...
Sometime back in 2012:
Maybe if we made Windows 8 full of tiles like Windows Phone OS, those PC users familiarized with the UI will buy our phones...
Polishing a turd, rearranging deck chairs on a sinking Titanic, yada yada...
They couldn't name it after the Sky cloud offering by monk · 2014-01-28 06:16 · Score: 1

So they named it after the Canoncial cloud offering, which is also called "One"? What's next "Dropship" maybe "MineCloud"? It's like they hired some clickbait spammer to name projects.

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Bad Name by vlad30 · 2014-01-28 09:01 · Score: 1

I always tell clients you should store on more than One Drive

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MicroDrive by niks42 · 2014-01-28 09:04 · Score: 1

... unfortunately already invented by Lord Sir Clive of Sinclair for his Quantum Leap computer many, many moons ago
Almost as catchy as... by Tony+Isaac · 2014-01-28 16:27 · Score: 1

Bing!
Re:Let's all trademark every word! Noone could spe by cbiltcliffe · 2014-02-05 16:33 · Score: 1

From my understanding, it was Microsoft that was the bully here, and tried to take the trademark from BSkyB in court, but lost.

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"City hall" in German is "Rathaus" Kinda explains a few things......