No more MOSS or SPS, only SharePoint Server

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THE BOSS said: MOSS should not be called MOSS, it should only be refered as Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, or SharePoint Server for short.

It's really strange and hard to change my habit for typing MOSS and SPS. I think this change may be good for newbies to sharepoint -- they don't know what's MOSS and what's SPS. And even a Microsoft employee may not understand the difference. One of the marketing managers in my team always use the term "SPS" in her customer invitation letter, I had to explain to her everytime that "SPS" stands for "SharePoint Portal Server 2003" and "MOSS" for "Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server 2007", but she couldn't remember at all, or I guess she just didn't want to remember.  So, this change may help with such situations.

But what about Microsoft Search Server? Better they remain to be MSS and MSSE I think.

And...my codeplex project will change its name to SharePoint Search Admin!

https://www.codeplex.com/searchadmin

How foolish I am...