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I'll download anything with a crappy name as long as the functionality is there. I really couldn't care less. Do I really think Apple is a great name for a com

I'll download anything with a crappy name as long as the functionality is there. I really couldn't care less. Do I really think Apple is a great name for a computer manufacturer? Definitely not on the surface. But they ran with it and now it's accepted as one of the strongest brands on the planet.

jacquesm 16y ago
Hard to find a more universally understood symbol in the western world other than the cross (and that's a bit much for a computer company). I think it was an excellent choice.
- eru 16y ago
  > Hard to find a more universally understood symbol in the western world [...] Sun!
  - jacquesm 16y ago
    Good one! I totally dropped the ball there, I searched for things too close to home :)
eru 16y ago
I don't really see how the success of `Apple' contradicts " Keep it short, simple, easy to spell and pronounceable in an un-ambiguous way."
zachrose 16y ago
It's better than FruitOfTheTreeOfKnowledgeOfGoodAndEvil2000.biz