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	Wednesday, October 12, 2005

How IT Companies got their Names I just received an interesting email which probably is being circulated. It shows the story behind how the IT companies got their names. Included in the list was Adobe, Apache, Apple, Cisco, Google, Hotmail, HP, Lotus, Intel , Microsoft, Motorola, Oracle, Red Hat, SAP, Sony, Sun, Xerox and Yahoo got their names. I have read about other stories, or versions of it ( so we don’t know which is correct). It is great to know that SUN was used to mean Stanford University Network, and that Motorola ( which started making radios for motor cars) was so named because the most popular radio company at that time was Victrola. Apache got its name because it was a ‘patchy’ server. Read on…. (more…) 10:56:08 PM     comment []   trackback []

No Region Code for HD DVD According to EnGadget, there has been announcements that the new HD DVD will not have regional codes. This is a welcome development, and is a huge consumer convenience. (more…) 10:55:25 PM     comment []   trackback []

Is Anonymous Blogging Commendable? BusinessWeek portrayed Microsoft in an unflattering light in an article two weeks ago with the assertion that morale in the company is low, and that people were disserting. It justifies its position because of the popularity of a blog by an anonymous Microsoft insider who has been writing a blog called MiniMicrosoft who talks about the gripes of employees inside, and highlights the problems of the company in the guise of improving things. (more…) 10:53:16 PM     comment []   trackback []