Microsoft’s Metro branding to be replaced ‘this week’ according to internal memo
Obviously, a naming conflict doesn’t influence how much of a landmark I consider this to be for Microsoft — but damn, it was a good name.
One could say Metro made what Microsoft is today.
“ Metro is beautiful. I’ll say it a thousand times in this piece no doubt, but it is. What it isn’t is an iOS pretender. Microsoft have actually crafted a mobile operating from the outset that shares few similarities with its peers. In one release, they’ve made Android look like some tacky fifty-quid knockoff imitation of iOS you see on blogs. But what’s really amazing is that not only is Metro as good as iOS in almost every respect, but in some ways it’s far, far ahead. ”
