>>keitai-l@appelsiini.net さんは書かれました：
>According to Matsunaga's book (page 124), it sort of stands for, among
>other
>things,
>Interactive
>Internet
>I (as in the english word for me)
>
but also, as with all cool brand name/slogans, it just sounds good, like
iMac.
r e n
All the above, and all the preceding I should think. But one thing that
has not been mentioned about 'i' is that as a letter it actually looks
vaguely "*human" - slim body with head. The shape of the letter lends
itself to this kind of association. Imagine another letter there....
( *Possibly a Japanese human more than any other type - I myself am more
a 'B")
Nick
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Received on Thu Feb 8 04:48:58 2001