[Magdalen] Interesting Times

Brian Reid brian at reid.org
Fri Mar 9 21:14:42 UTC 2018


After "Xfinity", every corporate name seems OK by comparison.

On 3/9/18 1:10pm, Scott Knitter wrote:
> Perspecta is the name of the new company. I've already seen posts from wags
> on our internal Facebook saying things like "Ask your doctor whether
> Perspecta might be helpful to you." LOL!
>
> Could be lots worse, actually. I hate the made-up words like Syngenta and
> Covansys almost as much as I hate uninspiring acronyms like DXC. Perspecta
> doesn't seem as made up as some, even if it is.
>
> I realize those naming a company are often up against fears of offending
> (such as picking a term that means something awful in another language) and
> legal trouble if the name has been used already.
>



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