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Re:Zuckerberg Has Burned $500B Turning Facebook to Meta by arch-ninja on Saturday February 19, 2022 @10:02AM (#30397604)
Hmm hadn't thought of that. Did google have the same quantitative issues when they changes names or did that come a few years after? It could just be they timed their jump well.
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Re:Zuckerberg Has Burned $500B Turning Facebook to Meta by dylan604 on Saturday February 19, 2022 @10:22AM (#30397750)
Most corp name changes are meant to hide stink from something the company did under the previous name. MCI=>Worldcom, Comcast=>Spectrum, etc.

Google is one of the most recognizable companies on the planet, yet made the parent company some ridiculous name. To me, that reeked of trying to protect the other properties from the stink of privacy invasion.

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Re:Zuckerberg Has Burned $500B Turning Facebook to Meta by dmarchand90 on Sunday February 20, 2022 @02:17AM (#30403883)
I'm convinced the name Alphabet was chosen to mess with Amazon. Bezos has said he choose the name, in part, to have it very early Alphabetically.
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