Re:Google Might Have Walked Into A Nestle Boycott Problem Wi...
by mistercow on Friday September 13, 2013 @05:40AM
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>Maybe they couldn't think of anything else sweet that started with K
Could have gone with Krackel, key lime pie, kumquat, or kandy korn, and that's without going anywhere exotic.
Re:Google Might Have Walked Into A Nestle Boycott Problem Wi...
by r00fus on Friday September 13, 2013 @02:02PM
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It's ridiculous on the face of it that this was some whimsical choice. A whimsical choice wouldn't have chosen a major brand.
When I first heard of it, the thoughts through my head were "sellout" and "product placement"… in contrast to say, OSX or Windows project names like Tiger, Longhorn, Mohave, etc. which really don't reference something that can be nothing other than an artificial manufactured product.
What the hell was wrong with Key Lime Pie?
Re:Google Might Have Walked Into A Nestle Boycott Problem Wi...
by bengillies on Friday September 13, 2013 @06:17AM
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People generally won't be confronted with Nestle's questionable practices though, so it's likely a non issue. At any rate enough people either don't know, or don't care to make KitKat a popular enough brand for Google to do well out of it.
Maybe they couldn't think of anything else sweet that started with K but don't I think they've come to the best solution. (The best solution would be to skip K)