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Re:Steve Jobs on how The Beatles influenced his approach to ... by choxi on Sunday November 03, 2019 @10:13AM (#21434288)
I knew about the Apple Corp and the trademark issues with Apple, but somehow I didn't know The Beatles owned Apple Corp (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Corps).

I heard a rumor the other day that the company name "Apple" comes from Alan Turing's method of suicide. Appropriating it from The Beatles seems more likely now.

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Re:Steve Jobs on how The Beatles influenced his approach to ... by sysbin on Sunday November 03, 2019 @10:28AM (#21434389)
Alan Turing lived in an era where being murdered was arguably more probable for him than suicide (hard to know what happened). The name Apple being derived from the death of Turing is unlikely nonetheless.
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