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by robotresearcher 4129 days ago
"Google Play for Work" is as bad as "Playstation" is good. They really shouldn't let this awkward branding stuff happen.
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I worked on Windows Live Mobile for Windows Mobile. Thankfully it was renamed.
Good to hear they're working hard in the Department of Redundancy Department.
Could be worse. I still remember when Microsoft maintained both "Windows Messenger" and "MSN Messenger" as separate apps with separate update schedules and version numbers even though it was the same product. That was confusing.
As best i recall it started with Windows Messenger, aimed at intranet use (and with a client bundled with Windows, natch). Then MS used the same protocol to offer a AIM competitor. In the end though what they killed seemed to be IRC...
A bus station is a where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. So what is the purpose of a workstation? And more importantly, what is the purpose of a PlayStation? ;).
A bus station is also where a bus starts. Ditto for trains and train stations. ;)
But you have to wonder what a bus shelter is for if there are air raid shelters too - to protect you from buses??
Actually bus station is where bus does its job (get on and get off people)
I hope that wherever it is you live, buses' primary job isn't getting on and off people.
Soviet Russia is long gone...