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I wonder how they can reconcile the name "Spartan" with built in note taking, social sharing, Cortana, and webpage overlay drawing.
by ddod 12y ago
I wonder how they can reconcile the name "Spartan" with built in note taking, social sharing, Cortana, and webpage overlay drawing.
- cwyers 12y agoIt's just a codename, and like all Microsoft codenames the past few years, it's taken from the Halo games. It doesn't really mean anything, and it probably won't be the final name, but who knows.
- theandrewbailey 12y agoCortana made it from code name to product name, as did Windows 7.
- Someone1234 12y agoXBox too.
- debacle 12y agoBecause Halo is the strongest brand Microsoft has built in the last fifteen years.
- paulornothing 12y agoWell now they own minecraft. So perhaps they can call this "Creeper"
- notduncansmith 12y agoPresumably, as in "scope".