Comment on France will replace Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Zoom, Webex and others with its own sovereign video conferencing application "Visio" for public officials

MuskyMelon@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• SnoringEarthworm@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Visio is also a common French word for videoconference.

  That would be like making a phone app called Phone, and Samsung trying to claim copyright because they call their app Phone, too.

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• bookmeat@lemmynsfw.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Why should they?

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  • MuskyMelon@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Visio is a Microsoft product name.

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    • bookmeat@lemmynsfw.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      It’s actually not. The official product name is “Microsoft Visio”.

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      • MuskyMelon@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        And that’s not going to stop them from suing

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    • some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Microsoft is American

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    • CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Microsoft doesn’t hold a copyright worldwide for product names.

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