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[–] Kase@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That's a cool way to look at it! I got curious so I looked it up, and I found an interview with the guy who designed the logo, and he said it's a myth.

Of course, I'll add that there might be more to the story than that. IIRC the name was chosen before the logo, so this doesn't rule out that the name itself was a reference to the bible story. Also, if it was, I kinda doubt that Apple would openly confirm it now, knowing it could cause them to lose some of their customers. 🤷

[–] rufus@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Isn't the story, nobody came up with a good name for the company and Steve Jobs said you have x days to come up with a name I like, or I just call it Apple? And they didn't?