When Apple released iTools / .Mac and so on, even recently with Ping they usually reserve a bunch of name for either marketing pages or of their own usage. Many

When Apple released iTools / .Mac and so on, even recently with Ping they usually reserve a bunch of name for either marketing pages or of their own usage. Many exec have usually their accounts created way ahead before the services goes live, and often Apple product name are reserved or unavailable. When Apple did introduce iTools at MacWorld January 2000, a few days afterward every employee at Apple got a mac.com/iTools account based on their existing apple.com email address.