floofloof@lemmy.ca to Opensource@programming.devEnglish · edit-219 hours agoFrance will replace Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Zoom, Webex and others with its own sovereign video conferencing application "Visio" for public officialspresse.economie.gouv.frexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1183arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1182arrow-down1external-linkFrance will replace Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Zoom, Webex and others with its own sovereign video conferencing application "Visio" for public officialspresse.economie.gouv.frfloofloof@lemmy.ca to Opensource@programming.devEnglish · edit-219 hours agomessage-square25fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·19 hours agoInb4 MS sues them for using Visio as their product name.
minus-square4am@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up8·16 hours agoVisio is a common french term for videoconferencing. Maybe it’ll get struck down as long as it doesn’t include diagramming? Also, will French law allow a service or trade mark on a common term?
minus-squaresjpwarren@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·18 hours agoI though WHY? would you call your product that when its already and established brand. I get that its a great name but its been used for years
minus-squarefloofloof@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·edit-217 hours agoThe Github repo is called “meet”. So maybe they named it Meet then thought, “Oh no, Google will sue us, let’s choose a different name like… Visio!” They should really call it Visio Zoom Meet for Teams that Excel.
minus-squareLOLseas@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 hours agoI see you chose violence with that naming suggestion. My head hurts now.
Inb4 MS sues them for using Visio as their product name.
Visio is a common french term for videoconferencing. Maybe it’ll get struck down as long as it doesn’t include diagramming?
Also, will French law allow a service or trade mark on a common term?
Exactly what went through my head
I though WHY? would you call your product that when its already and established brand. I get that its a great name but its been used for years
The Github repo is called “meet”. So maybe they named it Meet then thought, “Oh no, Google will sue us, let’s choose a different name like… Visio!”
They should really call it Visio Zoom Meet for Teams that Excel.
I see you chose violence with that naming suggestion. My head hurts now.
As in Google Meet?