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How 16 famous electronic companies got their names

• TravisLS 17y ago
  For anyone who enjoyed this article, here's the holy grail of company name etymologies: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologie...
  • jpwagner 17y ago
    The reason the article exists is that the "holy grail" is tedious.
• antiismist 17y ago
  More interesting than how they got thier names is what these companies were doing before their names got famous. For example on this list there are decendants from a pulp mill, dried fish exporter, and a playing card maker.
• kazuya 17y ago
  > 10. Seiko: The watchmaker takes its name from a Japanese word meaning 'exquisite' or 'success'. It does not mean 'success' in this case. And it's rather 'precision work' than 'exquisite'. BTW the old Canon logo is quite lovely, isn't it.