Another example of things that make the Internet great ...
Ever wonder why Yahoo! is called Yahoo!, or why SAAB is written all in caps? Or just curious about who, exactly, McDonald's and Kawasaki were named after? Well, wonder no more.
The Wikipedia -- a free, user-created encyclopedia -- includes a list of company name etymologies, running the gamut from ABN AMRO to Zeus. (Well, technically from 3M, since they start with numbers, but that doesn't sound as good.)
Posted by tgibbons at August 9, 2004 06:53 PM