On Thu, 4 Dec 2003, Fred Cisin wrote:
> But there were some precursors and warnings, even before IBM got into it,
> such as the "serious" renaming of playful company names:
> Thinker Toys became Morrow Designs
> Kentucky Fried Computer became Northstar
Both probably (in the latter for positive) due to threats of legal action.
> Intergalactic Digital Research became Digital Research Inc.
Really though, Intergalactic is a bit long :)
> Parasitic Engineering and Golemics ceased to be significant players, ...
Those are just weird.
> Computer companies hired advertising agencies, instead of hoky homemade
> ads,
I do miss the ads showing computers in the middle of wilderness scenes,
sometimes accompanied by some sexy (or not) vixen in a mini-skirt and
thigh-high boots (or sometimes with nothing at all).
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