That's probably because if you try hard enough, you can do that with ANY brand name. For example, our venerable consoles (with apologies where necessary): Sony GayStation... Nintendo LameCube, N-sixty-bore... Microshaft Ickbox... (a two-for-one deal!) Sega Dreamcrap....
And that's off the top of my head, without trying all that hard... ~B -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Israel J Pattison Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 10:09 PM To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list Subject: [TriLUG] OT: Computer Product Brand Names... The conversation about TRS-80 and PS/2, I had to point out that the computer industry seems plagued by brand names that are easily parodied. I wonder why these companies don't think about the nicknames their products will acquire once they reach the end user. Here are a few I can think of: DB/2, PS/2, OS/2: Half a {computer, database, operating system} PS/2: Piece of Snot/2 TRS-80: Trash-80 Thinkpad: Stinkpad Intellistation: Repellistation Aptiva: Craptiva Logitech: Logiwreck Can you think of others? -- Israel J. Pattison Raleigh, NC Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.fanana.net "Infinity, dear [friends], extends not only outward, but inward, into each human heart." -- Dr. E. Urner Goodman -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
