Origin of company names Apple & Atari - verify?

From: William Donzelli <william_at_ans.net>
Date: Fri May 9 11:44:38 1997

> Atari is in fact a Japanese word. I forget what it means, but it's the
> equivalent of "checkmate" in the game of Go. Founder of Atari allegedly
> really liked Japanese culture and Go.

I think this is true, as the founder's second company was also named
after a Go term. I forget what it is.

William Donzelli
william_at_ans.net
Received on Fri May 09 1997 - 11:44:38 BST