Re:Apple TV, Apple TV, Apple TV, and Apple TV+
by bch on Sunday November 03, 2019 @11:29PM
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Wasn’t that implying their infra running the implicit “.” at the end of “.com” (I know, it’s literally not what the copy says)? I.e. the internet .com resolving depended on Sun.[0][1]
[0] https://serverfault.com/questions/134611/why-no-final-dot-fo...
Re:Apple TV, Apple TV, Apple TV, and Apple TV+
by thaumasiotes on Monday November 04, 2019 @07:22AM
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I like the idea that their slogan was really "we put the second dot in dot-com-dot".
"You know, the one you've never heard of."
Re:Apple TV, Apple TV, Apple TV, and Apple TV+
by etaioinshrdlu on Sunday November 03, 2019 @11:11PM
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Yesss... The name Java Desktop System made my soul hurt. The funny thing though is it was an okay GUI environment. Conservative and thoughtful. It was 10 years late to the GUI party though :)
Yes, it's marketing fluff (as with any marketing), but I liked that one.
For all you tech people like me that have problems answering to non-techie family members what you do, I thought that was an example of a beautiful succinct answer that still conveyed enough of an idea to be satisfying to laymen.
As for one I really hated from Sun: "Java Desktop System", which was just a distro with GNOME, and had nothing to do with Java.