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Remember when they called it "My Computer". Now it's called "This PC". No ownership, only tenancy.
by pcdoodle 6y ago
Remember when they called it "My Computer". Now it's called "This PC". No ownership, only tenancy.
- andylynch 6y agoTo be fair - I do think this term is a better description, eg for the company desktop you are using, the pc you happen to be on in a library, at a friend’s place etc etc. I would also think that from an ownership perspective, the number of Windows PCs owned by the individuals using them is going to be a minority (I’d love to find some numbers on this but do not think they are reported?)
- m_fayer 6y agoI don't know why this is getting downvoted - it's an eagle-eyed spot of some subtle-but-important language being shifted, sneakily, right underneath us. Amazing how a company as big as MS can influence cultural expectations and normative parameters through nothing but a tiny tweak in language.
- bserge 6y agoGood catch.