The morning after the Windows 8’s final version was published,
microsoft office has begun getting off using the Metro marking when
describing the level. It is obvious that office 2010 Product Key
is very popular.
Microsoft announced that developers should keep themselves from
using the word “Metro” via their app should they refer to the
Microsoft windows Phone or Windows 8 program. Instead, Microsoft is
advising developers to make use of “New User Interface” to describe
Microsoft’s unified design.
The Metro-style interface, first seen on Windows Phone 7 and soon
being seen on Windows 8, refers to the tile-based, flatter and more
modern program which uses live tiles as the user interface.
Initial reports claimed how the decision to drop the particular
naming convention was relevant to copyright issues. An anonymous
source talking with Tom Warren at This Verge said the change “could be
in connection with a dispute between cheap office 2010
along with a German company over the application of the Metro naming. ”
Long-time Microsoft-watcher Mary Jo Foley in ZDNet reported hearing
similar rumours from her sources in the software giant. “Microsoft is
stepping away from “Metro” because of a possible copyright dispute
with other sorts of entity. ”
Microsoft however, said the reason with the change was not as a
result of litigation, saying: “We have used Metro style to be a code
name during the product development cycle across many of our product
lines. As we get closer to launch and transition from industry dialog to
some broad consumer dialog we use our commercial names. ”
Subsequently, The Verge got hold of an internal memo via Microsoft Publisher 2010
which reveals that “discussions having an important European partner”
generated the decision to “discontinue the use” in the Metro branding
for Windows 8 and other Windows products.
German company Metro AG, which is a wholesale/cash and carry group
located in Dusseldorf, declined to comment on a set up reason Microsoft
was getting rid of the Metro branding was due to copyright it holds in
Germany.
Microsoft is expected to announce a replacement term very soon, possibly as soon since this weekend.