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That Amazon kept a site named Alexa with absolutely nothing to do with that Alexa alive for this long is quite impressive.
by yesimahuman 5y ago
That Amazon kept a site named Alexa with absolutely nothing to do with that Alexa alive for this long is quite impressive.
- xeeeeeeeeeeenu 5y agoIt seems reusing old product names is their thing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenSearch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenSearch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenSearch_(software) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenSearch_(software)
- lorenzhs 5y agoOther companies do that, too - I think it's due to trademark law and how it's much harder to establish a new name than reuse an existing one. Cortana comes to mind.
- stavros 5y agoOh jeez, it wasn't until your comment that I remembered the original Alexa. It used to be so big, too!
- itslennysfault 5y agoThis is literally a post about the original Alexa closing down.
- stavros 5y agoYes, and I saw that comment first and remembered there was another Alexa.