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It has nothing to do with it, although it may have been part of their plan to spread this rumor to the programming community, which would really make it be part
by rando289 12y ago
It has nothing to do with it, although it may have been part of their plan to spread this rumor to the programming community, which would really make it be part of their calculus. how big corporations pick names is actually quite interesting: http://99percentinvisible.org/episode/title-tk/ http://99percentinvisible.org/episode/title-tk/
- Someone1234 12y ago> It has nothing to do with it [Citation Needed]
- rando289 12y agoI gave a citation, and it's is about 100x more authoritative than the random internet comment which this story is based on. I think people are dumb is why I got 3 downvotes and ignored while the other gets front page hacker news status.
- slashnull 12y agoI don't know if Microsoft outsources product naming, but with all that rebranding they do all the time, they just have to be a goldmine for naming companies