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They were obligated to rename it after losing a case in the UK. Nothing to be done.



I know the reasons, and it's sad that a compromise couldn't be reached. There's almost no one someone could confuse the two services. As someone else mentioned, it seems like Europe has it out for Microsoft just for kicks.


They've not had much luck recently on that front. Both Skydrive and Metro had to be re-branded.




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