Google Play comes to Google Apps: Enterprises can distribute apps internally

k3n wrote: post #3

sp332 wrote: post #2

Then why on earth did they name it Play?

This is exactly the question I had when they renamed it in the first place -- "play" is an inaccurate term for their intended usage of the store.

How so?

I think they meant play as in playground

Re: Google Play comes to Google Apps: Enterprises can distribute apps internally

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Post by sp332 » Tue, Dec 04, 2012, 7:39 PM UTC

cleverjake wrote: post #4

k3n wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is exactly the question I had when they renamed it in the first place -- "play" is an inaccurate term for their intended usage of the store.

How so? I think they meant play as in playground

Right, which is inappropriate for a business-oriented device or service.

Re: Google Play comes to Google Apps: Enterprises can distribute apps internally

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Post by hosay123 » Tue, Dec 04, 2012, 7:56 PM UTC

At what point do people start believing that Google has a strong interest in carving out its own proprietary ecosystem, all their openness "plays" always lead to the same thing: some rhetorical platform used only to advance their private agenda. Chrome and Android will soon be Internet Explorer and Windows of the 21st century.

Re: Google Play comes to Google Apps: Enterprises can distribute apps internally

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Post by c0nsumer » Tue, Dec 04, 2012, 7:56 PM UTC

sp332 wrote: post #2

Then why on earth did they name it Play?

Pushing the play button to make it go, perhaps? As in, using the apps is so easy you just "press Play"?

Re: Google Play comes to Google Apps: Enterprises can distribute apps internally

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Post by yebyen » Tue, Dec 04, 2012, 7:57 PM UTC

sp332 wrote: post #2

Then why on earth did they name it Play?

I am sure having just changed the name from "Android Market" to "Google Play", and "Google Docs" into "Google Drive," they wanted to avoid confusing the hell out of people by rebranding one more time for no reason.

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Post by MatthewPhillips » Tue, Dec 04, 2012, 8:00 PM UTC

c0nsumer wrote: post #7

sp332 wrote: post #2

Then why on earth did they name it Play?

Pushing the play button to make it go, perhaps? As in, using the apps is so easy you just "press Play"?

One has to wonder what the problem was with Market.

Re: Google Play comes to Google Apps: Enterprises can distribute apps internally

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Post by jonursenbach » Tue, Dec 04, 2012, 8:04 PM UTC

hosay123 wrote: post #6

At what point do people start believing that Google has a strong interest in carving out its own proprietary ecosystem, all their openness "plays" always lead to the same thing: some rhetorical platform used only to advance their private agenda. Chrome and Android will soon be Internet Explorer and Windows of the 21st century.

I'm going to be that guy and ask: why?