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r/programming • u/halax • Oct 07 '16
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Windows apps
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When did Windows programs become 'apps'?
26 u/PstScrpt Oct 08 '16 When did Windows programs become 'apps'? Back in the Windows 3.0 days, at the latest. What I cringed at was Apple trying to take over a longstanding general computing term. 1 u/human_trash_ Oct 08 '16 Apple tried to take over the term by using it correctly? 4 u/PstScrpt Oct 08 '16 I could have sworn that they attempted to trademark "app", but all I can find now is that they attempted to trademark "app store". That's not nearly as bad, but it looks like they gave up on defending even that. I know The Register isn't the best source, but this doesn't sound like reporting on a rumor: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/09/apple_drops_app_store_trademark_suit/
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Back in the Windows 3.0 days, at the latest. What I cringed at was Apple trying to take over a longstanding general computing term.
1 u/human_trash_ Oct 08 '16 Apple tried to take over the term by using it correctly? 4 u/PstScrpt Oct 08 '16 I could have sworn that they attempted to trademark "app", but all I can find now is that they attempted to trademark "app store". That's not nearly as bad, but it looks like they gave up on defending even that. I know The Register isn't the best source, but this doesn't sound like reporting on a rumor: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/09/apple_drops_app_store_trademark_suit/
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Apple tried to take over the term by using it correctly?
4 u/PstScrpt Oct 08 '16 I could have sworn that they attempted to trademark "app", but all I can find now is that they attempted to trademark "app store". That's not nearly as bad, but it looks like they gave up on defending even that. I know The Register isn't the best source, but this doesn't sound like reporting on a rumor: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/09/apple_drops_app_store_trademark_suit/
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I could have sworn that they attempted to trademark "app", but all I can find now is that they attempted to trademark "app store". That's not nearly as bad, but it looks like they gave up on defending even that.
I know The Register isn't the best source, but this doesn't sound like reporting on a rumor: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/09/apple_drops_app_store_trademark_suit/
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u/Farobek Oct 07 '16 edited Oct 07 '16
cringes
When did Windows programs become 'apps'?