Company Names

[chandramauli 0]

There are many companies / brands / products whose names were derived

from strange circumstances.

Here are some :

Mercedes

This was actually the financier's daughter's name.

Adobe

This came from the name of the river Adobe Creek that ran behind the

house of founder John Warnock.

Apple Computers

It was the favorite fruit of founder Steve Jobs. He was three months

late in filing a name for the business and he threatened to call his

company Apple Computers if the other colleagues didn't suggest a

better name by 5 O'clock.

CISCO

It is not an acronym as popularly believed. It is short for San Francisco.

Compaq

This name was formed by using COMp, for computer, and PAQ to denote a

small integral object.

Corel

The name was derived from the founder's name Dr. Michael Cowpland. It

stands for COwpland REsearch Laboratory.

Google

The name started as a joke boasting about the amount of information

the search-engine would be able to search. It was originally named

'Googol', a word for the number represented by 1 followed by 100

zeros. After founders - Stanford graduate students Sergey Brin and

Larry Page presented their project to an angel investor, they received

a cheque made out to 'Google'

Hotmail

Founder Jack Smith got the idea of accessing e-mail via the web from a

computer anywhere in the world. When Sabeer Bhatia came up with the

business plan forthe mail service, he tried all kinds of names ending

in 'mail' and finally settled for hotmail as it included the letters

"html" - the programming language used to write web pages. It was

initially referred to as HoTMaiL with selective uppercasing.

Hewlett Packard

Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard tossed a coin to decide whether the

company they founded would be called Hewlett-Packard or

Packard-Hewlett.

Intel

Bob Noyce and Gordon Moore wanted to name their new company 'Moore

Noyce' but that was already trademarked by a hotel chain . So they had

to settle for an acronym of INTegrated ELectronics.

Lotus (Notes)

Mitch Kapor got the name for his company from 'The Lotus Position' or

'Padmasana'. Kapor used to be a teacher of Transcendental Meditation

of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.

Microsoft

Coined by Bill Gates to represent the company that was devoted to

MICROcomputer SOFTware. Originally christened Micro-Soft, the '-' was

removed later on.

Motorola

Founder Paul Galvin came up with this name when his company started

manufacturing radios for cars. The popular radio company at the time

was called Victrola.

ORACLE

Larry Ellison and Bob Oats were working on a consulting project for

the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency). The code name for the project

was called Oracle (the CIA saw this as the system to give answers to

all questions or some such thing). The project was designed to help

use the newly written SQL code by IBM. The project eventually was

terminated but Larry and Bob decided to finish what they started and

bring it to the world. They kept the name Oracle and created the RDBMS

engine. Later they kept the same name for the company.

Sony

It originated from the Latin word 'sonus' meaning sound, and 'sonny' a

slang used by Americans to refer to a bright youngster.

SUN

Founded by 4 Stanford University buddies, SUN is the acronym for

Snford University Network. Andreas Bechtolsheim built a microcomputer;

Vinod Khosla recruited him and Scott McNealy to manufacture computers

based on it, and Bill Joy to develop a UNIX-based OS for the computer.

Yahoo!

The word was invented by Jonathan Swift and used in his book

'Gulliver's Travels'. It represents a person who is repulsive in

appearance and action and is barely human. Yahoo! founders Jerry Yang

and David Filo selected the name because they considered themselves

yahoos.

courtesy DT

[harsh 1]

nice stuff

[compenn 0]

Here are some personalities who left India, who knows when, in search of

prosperity. These folks came from various parts of Maharashtra & became

renowned all over the world. To augment their acceptability in the

west,they have adopted western names.

Over the course of many generations they have lost track of their roots.But

because of untiring efforts, we rediscovered them & their origin...

Presenting the REAL MAHARASHTRIANS:

Real Name : Janya Banya Joshi

From : Chiplun

Adopted Name : Jon Bon Jovi

Real Name : Audumbar Agashe

From : Ratnagiri

Adopted Name : Andre Agassi

Real Name : Malati Hinginkar

From : Hingane

Adopted Name : Martina Hingis

Real Name : Damayanti More

From : Malvan

Adopted Name: Demi Moore

Real Name : Meghana Rane

From : Malvan

Adopted Name : Meg Ryan

Real Name : Arjun Shivajinagar

From : Pune

Adopted Name : Arnold Schwarznegger

Real Name : Devendra Gadage

From : Panvel

Adopted Name : Darren Gough

Real Name :-Shevanti Dagadu Patil

From :- Kolhapur

Adopted Name:- Sharon Stone

Real Name :-Sitaram Wagh

From :- Nagpur

Adopted Name:- Steve Waugh

Real Name:- Shantaram Varne

From :- Latur

Adopted Name:- Shane Warne

Real Name :-Janoba Rodke

From :- Nashik

Adopted Name:- Jonty Rhodes

Real Name :-Purshottam Sapre

From :- Dindoshi

Adopted Name :-Pete Sampras

Real Name :-Baal Ghate

From :- Alibaugh

Adopted Name :- Bill Gates

Real Name:-Menaka Salvi

From :- Jalore

Adopted Name:- Monica Seles

Real Name:-Vallabhrao Phutane

From :- Nevasa

Adopted Name:- Vladimir Putin

Real name:-Raju More

From :- Nashik

Adopted Name:- Roger Moore

Real Name:- Barkya Borkar

From :- Pune

Adopted Name:- Borris Becker

Real Name:-Atul Gore

From :- Mangoan

Adopted Name:- Al Gore

[chandramauli 0]

Yo !!

this cool !!1

keep it going !!!

[Ashokjp 15]

Damn Good, compenn & chandra!!

[Vishal Gupta 4]

Hey compenn

Is it true that Bill Gates, Shane Warne, Arnold Schwarznegger, etc. are Indians?

I wonder?????

[compenn 0]

Same here i too wonder.

[AmanJ 1]

Hey compenn

Is it true that Bill Gates, Shane Warne, Arnold Schwarznegger, etc. are Indians?

I wonder?????

lol

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[chandramauli 0]

ONIDA - it was settled in noida thats y named onida television

Vag-bakri tea- when lady was making tea, she saw vag (tiger) was beaten by bakri (goat). so she opened tea company and named vag0bakri tea.

2nd one is not true

but 1st one is

[Vishal Gupta 4]

Hi guys!

Can any one tell me FULL FORMS of:

NOIDA

FM (In Radio, like Radio City-FM 91)

[compenn 0]

NOIDA -New Okhla Industrial Development Area.

FM-Frequency Modulation.

[Vishal Gupta 4]

Thanx compenn 4 ur quick answer.