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The Apple Name Game

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the get-over-it dept.

Apple Core sent a link to an article running in Australia about Apple fighting for their name with some little telco called Apple Communications. Well, they were called that. Now they are Green.

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  1. Are you green? by Destacona · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Super green!

  2. How about Pear Communications? by jpt.d · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    For some reason I have always found humour in a company that competes with apple named pear. Probably because of their fruitness. This isn't exactly related I guess but imagine a computer maker named:

    Pear

    They just released the Pear Barlett pBook. It runs Anjou OS X. It is fast and sexy.

    You like?

    --
    What we see depends on mainly what we look for. -- John Lubbock Now search for that bug slave!
  3. Re:No, better than MS by MacAndrew · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    The dispute was over music generally, from beeps and bloops to playing music. I have heard, however, that impending MIDI capability was the spark.