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From: jeff@dciem.UUCP (Jeff Richardson)
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Subject: Re: Mac-names
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Date: Thu, 9-Feb-84 11:54:13 EST
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I noticed that the computer Apple is called "Macintosh" while the fruit
apple is called "McIntosh".  I thought this difference was silly, since
I figured the computer was probably named after the fruit.  My original
guess was that "McIntosh" was a registered trade mark for the fruit, or
something like that, and the Apple computer company wasn't allowed to use
it.  However, I now think that the reason for the different spelling is
to avoid a possible legal conflict with McDonalds, since they use the "Mc"
prefix for things like McRib, Chicken McNuggets and Mayor McCheese, and
Apple wanted to do the same thing with MacWrite and MacPaint.