Beep@lemmus.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-28 hours agoFrance will replace Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Zoom, Webex and others with its own sovereign video conferencing application "Visio" for public officialsnumerique.gouv.frexternal-linkmessage-square91fedilinkarrow-up11.03Karrow-down11
arrow-up11.03Karrow-down1external-linkFrance will replace Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Zoom, Webex and others with its own sovereign video conferencing application "Visio" for public officialsnumerique.gouv.frBeep@lemmus.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-28 hours agomessage-square91fedilink
minus-squareMuskyMelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoVisio is a Microsoft product name.
minus-squareCeeBee_Eh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoMicrosoft doesn’t hold a copyright worldwide for product names.
minus-squaresome_kind_of_guy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 hours agoMicrosoft is American
minus-squarebookmeat@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoIt’s actually not. The official product name is “Microsoft Visio”.
minus-squareMuskyMelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoAnd that’s not going to stop them from suing
minus-squarepastermil@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 hours agoSuing a govt body? Outside their basecamp? Good luck with that!
Why should they?
Visio is a Microsoft product name.
Microsoft doesn’t hold a copyright worldwide for product names.
Microsoft is American
It’s actually not. The official product name is “Microsoft Visio”.
And that’s not going to stop them from suing
Suing a govt body? Outside their basecamp? Good luck with that!