> Ventura, officially named San Buenaventura, was founded in 1782 when Saint Junipero Serra established Mission San Buenaventura, the ninth of the California missions. Serra named the mission after the Italian Saint Bonaventure, hence the nickname that Ventura is the “city of good fortune.”
https://www.cityofventura.ca.gov/594/About-Ventura
https://visitventuraca.com/blog/when-san-buenaventura-became...
So I would be nicer in general but also take this as a distraction from the main point that tech companies shouldn’t squat on human names. The geographic names will be around long after the OS version is obsolete. I know multiple Alexas and a Siri who will be quite happy if Amazon and Apple rebrand, too.
> In California, Ventura CITY and Ventura county.
> A simple Gooling negates the need for you to be so wrong in one comment.
> Enjoy: https://www.cityofventura.ca.gov/ https://www.ventura.org/
From your first link:
https://www.cityofventura.ca.gov/594/About-Ventura
> Ventura, officially named San Buenaventura, was founded in 1782 when Saint Junipero Serra established Mission San Buenaventura, the ninth of the California missions.
If you know more than someone else, that's great—but then please share some of what you know, so the rest of us can learn (https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor...) - and please drop the putdowns! It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for.
In California, Ventura CITY and Ventura county.
A simple Gooling negates the need for you to be so wrong in one comment.
Enjoy: https://www.cityofventura.ca.gov/ https://www.ventura.org/