A very brief history of product naming
Paradoxically, the more digital our environment becomes, the less digits we use to name our creations. I guess marketing decided so.
- Concerto No. 21 in C, K. 467 … The Dark Side of the Moon
- 98746.3547@compuserve.com … mikeo@yahoo.com
- Macintosh 512K … iMac
- R2-D2 … Sojourner
- Windows 3.11 … Windows Vista
- RS232 … FireWire
- Intel 4004 … Intel Xeon
- C++ … Java
- Ford Model T … Ford Mustang
- Nicholas II … Vladimir Putin