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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."
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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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?
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So now they will duke it out with Ubuntu?
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.
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to rule them all !!!
The name reminds me of another cloud storage service strongly identified with an OS https://one.ubuntu.com/
I just can't be bothered.
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.
I'm an American. I love this country and the freedoms that we used to have.
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 ..
I still think it's ridiculous that BSkyB won, given the fact that they don't have a SkyDrive.
OneDrive to Rule them all and in the Darkness bind them.
the first version always sucks. wait for TwoDrive.
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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!
Onepe?
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
I think that A:\ Drive would be more appropriate. About the same speed, aren't they?
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"directives of moron" is an anagram of Microsoft OneDrive.
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Err how exactly?
OneDrive to rule them all, and in the darkness bind them.
So it fits perfectly into the MS naming scheme, you say?
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
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.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
I wonder how Ubuntu / Canonical will react, with their Ubuntu One cloud storage solution.
Dropbox is available on Android.
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.
And iOS too, for that matter :)
True, that. BSkyB is essentially trademark trolling here.
https://one.ubuntu.com/
Does Microsoft for some reason want to keep on using names that are similar to what others are already using?
This should be fun
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'.
Bollocks. I've got Dropbox running on my linux boxen, where's the SkyDrive equivalent from Microsoft?
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?
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Can't be lost on everyone.
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.
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
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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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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I always tell clients you should store on more than One Drive
Your'e all thinking it, I just said it for you
and even Google's vaunted Drive services aren't.
Google says that a Linux Google Drive client will come.....someday.
... unfortunately already invented by Lord Sir Clive of Sinclair for his Quantum Leap computer many, many moons ago
I'll believe that when I see it. But until that day, Dropbox is going to be the better service.
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Bing!
What's a boxen, and how hard was it to install Linux on it?
For a site about things like basic rights, Slashdot users sure do like to censor "dissent".
From my understanding, it was Microsoft that was the bully here, and tried to take the trademark from BSkyB in court, but lost.
"City hall" in German is "Rathaus" Kinda explains a few things......