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Old 08-26-2009, 11:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Jason Dunn View Post
But the Zune store is called "Zune Marketplace". It would be like iTunes going by a different name...people in the Microsoft world are used to the Xbox Marketplace, Zune Marketplace, etc. I don't think they'd want to start using a new word for it.
I realize that this is such a minor matter, but surely Microsoft has such a long record of changing their mind about naming conventions* that I think, with a device that has such small market penetration anyway, that they could easily rename it and people would get used to the change. Or just reduce the typeface a few pixels.


* - Windows Media DRM, Plays For Sure.
MSN Search, Live Search, Bing.
Windows has switched from version numbers to years to brand names and back to version numbers, while Office was version numbers to years to the branded XP and now back to years again.
Handheld and Palm Sized PC, Pocket PC, Windows Mobile
I'm sure that if you pressed me I may think of even more examples.
 
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