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salutonmundo
That's a great story. Marketing doesn't know everything, I guess!
truly_loved
Im so thankful to wake up this morning.nothin or any person will take take that.stay miserable. One thing's for sure I won't be your company.
bdamm
Inspiring really to see the engineering teams prevail despite the marketing and business headwinds. That's what tech is really all about!
_red
I really like the fact that they acknowledged the problem with a name like "PAN" is that it becomes impossible to search for on internet.

It can sometimes be a problem with names like ".net" or "go", certain use-cases become unsearchable.

gumby
There's a lot of really great stuff in this interview about standardization, motivation, success/failure etc.

Also I assumed that "How bluetooth got its name" was a clickbait title and there'd be a two-sentence answer to that someplace in the article. But no, it's actually a fun story!

massivecali
Or for anyone who has already seen Kingsmen:

The King of Sweden : Bluetooth technology.

Eggsy : Which, of course, got its name from the legendary Danish king Harald Blatand, whose name translates to 'Bluetooth' in English.

[back in England, Roxy is relaying all the information through Eggsy's glasses]

Roxy : And the Bluetooth logo is his initials in Norse runic symbols.

Eggsy : And, as I'm sure you know, the Bluetooth logo is his initials...

Princess Tilde : Yup.

Eggsy : ...in Norse runic symbols.

car
Maybe a word on where Harald Blåtand got his nickname from. He apparently had a dead incisor tooth, which had turned bluegrey.