RE: Bluetooth

["Stone, Brad V (TC)" <bvstone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > Someone should tell them taking two normal words and 
> > putting them together to make one obscure name is so 
> > year 2000.  These days you need to make use of 
> > "powerful" words like "synergy" or "enterprise" and 
> > preferably end up with a catch acronymn.
> >
> > Because of this alone, I will not use Bluetooth.  ;)
> 
> The Bluetooth technology was named after Harald Bluetooth who 
> was a fierce
> Viking king in 10th century Denmark
> 

Ah yes, how silly of me to think otherwise since Viking history is so
thoroughly covered in today's education.  :)  (Proud to be a viking, but has
never heard of Harald Bluetooth).

Or, I could have just read this on their page as I'm sure others did.  But
the very fact that they include this page is saying "See, we didn't make a
new word out of two words, which used to be cool and no longer is".  But in
doing that, it makes it even more obvious they think it's just a cool word.
:)  

But that is some pretty cool flash on their page.  But we digress...

Brad
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