8 May
1997
8 May
'97
3:46 p.m.
On Thu, 8 May 1997 marcw(a)lightside.com wrote:
Anyhind in today's list they had
"'Why' behind the names"
The reason for certain names of companies/items.
Apple - desire to be before "Atari" in the phone book.
Atari - to look like a Japanese company
Does anyone know if these reasons are true? Sounds funny but then
we really don't know how/why certain names are chosen.
Rumor has it Steve Jobs was eating an Apple when they decided to name
their company. I think this rumor was debunked, but the real story
eludes me.
I believe the one behind Atari...where the hell else would you get a name
like that? I think Atari is a cool name though.
Sam
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