At some point, we will hopefully evolve beyond the "old = undesirable" mentality that is pervasive in our society, and once again appreciate the imagery that "old" things can evoke. As a technician with over thirty years experience, I have thoroughly enjoyed the journey I have witnessed since the days of the LP Player...to the iPod of today. What we largely lack today is a sense of history relative to what it has taken for us to progress to this point...and the imagination to achieve even more phenomenal accomplishments in the future. Where once our thoughts were expansive and limitless, they are now reserved and pedestrian. If someone with a sense of history and a determination to use "Rocket" as a means to evoke the imagery of a time when we thought in grander scales...then they were sadly mistaken. The company should seriously consider changing its name, otherwise they will be the butt of many a jokes.
My two cents Rob -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of inquieti Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 5:03 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [U2] U2 is now Rocket U2 IBM is very sixties also. Have you ever been to the Apollo space centre? All the computers were IBM and the IBM logo is splashed all around the control room. So I think if you're thinking retro then IBM sits there right along side Sputnik et al. Jacques G. wrote: > > I wonder what is the marketing idea behind the name "Rocket" ? To me it > invokes late 1950 - 1960's Sputnik/Apollo technology to an epoch when cars > designs were made to look like rockets, when there was a hockey player > nicknamed "Maurice The Rocket Richard" and people watched "Flash Gordon" > on a black and white television. > > When I hear Rocket I think "retro" like a LP Player, a typewriter, a > PDP-1. > > Wouldn't one want a software product to sound more state of the art ? > > Sci-fi hasn't used the term "Rocketship" in decades. > > > Jacques > > > > _______________________________________________ > U2-Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/U2-is-now-Rocket-U2-tp25693358p25817827.html Sent from the U2 - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list [email protected] http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list [email protected] http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
