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it's just flattery, same as naming a road, Martin Luther King drive, Washington boulevard, etc. They may or may not have approved all this, but this just signif
by anaganisk 3y ago
it's just flattery, same as naming a road, Martin Luther King drive, Washington boulevard, etc.
They may or may not have approved all this, but this just signifies that you want them to be remembered in your own way.
- bradlys 3y agoI think naming a public road after someone is a lot different than naming a private company's product after someone.
- geodel 3y agoYeah we need a law against it. A lot of people would support such law. Could be defining issue of our times.
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- jrflowers 3y agoIt would be hilarious if Tesla had to change its name to Electricity Cars LLC or whatever
- birdyrooster 3y agoif anything the teslabots have trained me to think of Tesla as a power company and not a automobile manufacturer.
- jytechdevops 3y agothey're both intended to honor said person, no?
- anotherman554 3y agoIf it's an internal name, maybe, but external names are generally intended to manipulate the public via psychology to make unconscious connections to the product that will make them want the product, in other words "marketing 101".
- CamperBob2 3y agoI wonder if it's safe to name something "Sagan" now [1]. 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Macintosh_7100#Codename_lawsuits https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Macintosh_7100#Codename_...