SkyDrive -> OneDrive Discussion

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#139107 28-Jan-2014 12:03

Seems like a better name.... doesn't it?

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#975742 28-Jan-2014 12:07

I feel sorry for them - hate to think of all the places the name is included in source code for Windows 8, client apps, web sites...

OneDrive sounds kinda dumb - at least is wasn't AzureDrive or CloudDrive.. or Drive 365

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#975758 28-Jan-2014 12:24

Still not as good as HomeDrive, hahahaha (he laughs with a vested interest).... www.homedrive.co.nz

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#975833 28-Jan-2014 13:14

I'd like to see a new release fixing synchronisation bugs. That'd be better than a new name. But since a new name is mandated because they lost a lawsuit...

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#975880 28-Jan-2014 14:03

freitasm: I'd like to see a new release fixing synchronisation bugs. That'd be better than a new name. But since a new name is mandated because they lost a lawsuit...

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#975882 28-Jan-2014 14:04

wasabi2k: I feel sorry for them - hate to think of all the places the name is included in source code for Windows 8, client apps, web sites...

OneDrive sounds kinda dumb - at least is wasn't AzureDrive or CloudDrive.. or Drive 365

why do you think it took so long to announce? Testing

find & replace. SkyDrive -> NewDrive -> OneDrive ;)

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#975883 28-Jan-2014 14:04

OneDrive to rule them all

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#975915 28-Jan-2014 14:30

sonyxperiageek: Seems like a better name.... doesn't it?

It isn't, sky drive is good becuase it tells you where it is stored. Onedrive doesn't. Skydrive is as good s name as icloud, as both tell you it is cloud storage in it's brand. Onedrive doesn't.

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#975917 28-Jan-2014 14:34

As long as it works it can be called anything

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#976053 28-Jan-2014 16:53

I'm hearing that some loyal OneDrive (SkyDrive) customers have got a code for an additional 20GB of free OneDrive (SkyDrive) storage for a year.. Does that mean we get one as well?

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#976062 28-Jan-2014 17:05

nathan: OneDrive to rule them all

That's what I was thinking, bad LotR puns.

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#976179 28-Jan-2014 19:50

sonyxperiageek: I'm hearing that some loyal OneDrive (SkyDrive) customers have got a code for an additional 20GB of free OneDrive (SkyDrive) storage for a year.. Does that mean we get one as well?

I have been using the same Hotmail account created in 1995. It's the same account I had in my Windows Phone 7, Windows Phone 8 and didn't get the 20GB round a couple of months ago. I also don't think I will get the OneDrive round (being pessimist).