Meta Platforms. X Corp. tell me those aren’t straight from a strangely prescient cyberpunk classic

  • Cam@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The meta rebranding made my skin craw. The X rebranding is dumb on Elon Musk’s part. However you make a good point.

    I believe Apple got its name from the biblical term of the forbidden fruit. Microsoft has a megacorp sounding name. Will Amazon rename itself to something dystopian?

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      1 year ago

      AFAIK Microsoft came from the Neuromancer novel. A microsoft is a tool in the book.

      Could be wrong though, but I feel Ike that book was written before Microsoft was a company.