time out: Just a little Sunday fun...
- 05/24/09 05:58 AM
There are many companies / brands / products whose names were derived from strange circumstances. Adobe This came from name of the river Adobe Creek that ran behind the house of founder John Warnock. Apple Computers It was the favourite fruit of founder Steve Jobs...He was three months late in filing a name for the business, and he threatened to call his company Apple Computers if the other colleagues didn't suggest a better name by 5 O'clock. CISCO It's not an acronym as popularly believed. It is short for San Francisco. Compaq This name was formed by using Comp, for computer, and PAQ to denote a small integral object. Corel The name was … (0 comments)
There are many companies / brands / products whose names were derived from strange circumstances. Adobe This came from name of the river Adobe Creek that ran behind the house of founder John Warnock. Apple Computers It was the favourite fruit of founder Steve Jobs...He was three months late in filing a name for the business, and he threatened to call his company Apple Computers if the other colleagues didn't suggest a better name by 5 O'clock. CISCO It's not an acronym as popularly believed. It is short for San Francisco. Compaq This name was formed by using Comp, for computer, and PAQ to denote a small integral object. Corel The name was … (0 comments)
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