IBM is very sixties also. Have you ever been to the Apollo space centre? All the computers were IBM and the IBM logo is splashed all around the control room. So I think if you're thinking retro then IBM sits there right along side Sputnik et al.
Jacques G. wrote: > > I wonder what is the marketing idea behind the name "Rocket" ? To me it > invokes late 1950 - 1960's Sputnik/Apollo technology to an epoch when cars > designs were made to look like rockets, when there was a hockey player > nicknamed "Maurice The Rocket Richard" and people watched "Flash Gordon" > on a black and white television. > > When I hear Rocket I think "retro" like a LP Player, a typewriter, a > PDP-1. > > Wouldn't one want a software product to sound more state of the art ? > > Sci-fi hasn't used the term "Rocketship" in decades. > > > Jacques > > > > _______________________________________________ > U2-Users mailing list > U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/U2-is-now-Rocket-U2-tp25693358p25817827.html Sent from the U2 - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
