OneDrive Is Microsoft's Rebranded Name For SkyDrive

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."

Comments

My Computer, One Drive?

[ScottCooperDotNet]

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?

Re:My Computer, One Drive?

[Savage-Rabbit]

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!

There, now it's been properly Slashdotified.

Re:It'll be fun to watch.

[OptimalCynic]

Twodrive, Threedrive, etc. The possibilities are (literally) endless!

I can just see it...

[grcumb]

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!

OneDrive stands for ...

[middlemen]

Our NSA Enabled Drive...

use the Roman numeral

[frovingslosh]

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.

Re:It'll be fun to watch.

[bondsbw]

That's what they all say, until they reach TwoBillion-OneHundredFortySevenMillion-FourHundredEightyThreeThousand-SixHundredFortyEightDrive.

Re:It'll be fun to watch.

[flatt]

Everybody knows that since it is Microsoft software, you should wait for threepointonedrive.

Re:It'll be fun to watch.

[ozmanjusri]

you should wait for threepointonedrive.

I'm waiting for version 3.14159..., aka Pi-in-theSkyDrive

Re:It'll be fun to watch.

[crutchy]

something like MicrosoftDrive should be pretty safe

guess they don't want any association with "that" brand... can't say i blame them

Directives of Moron

[goombah99]

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

Re:Directives of Moron

[MrNemesis]

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

Re:It'll be fun to watch.

[Centurix]

InfiniteImprobabilityDrive, all you files become pictures of whales and petunias.

Re:It'll be fun to watch.

[rvw]

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.

Re:It'll be fun to watch.

[MichaelSmith]

D Drive.

Re:It'll be fun to watch.

[TheGratefulNet]

Although personally I prefer the dev null drive.

ah, I see you've had some experience with Maxtors, too...

Re:It'll be fun to watch.

[msobkow]

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