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Behind the scenes: Derivation of Comapany Names

June 22, 2008 · 1 Comment

SUN Microsystems: SUN stands for Stanford University Network. It was incorporated by Scott McNealy, Vinod Khosla, Andy Bechtolsheim and Bill Joy, the first three being Stanford students.

GNU: GNU is a recursive abbreviation for GNU is Not Unix. It is an organization founded by Richard Stallman.

ITTAM: ITTIAM is an acronym for “I Think Therefore I AM“, propounded by Rane Descartes.

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