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0 pointsorthoxerox3y ago0 comments

Wasn't Zyxel named Zyxel so that it wouldn't have to compete with "AAA tech" and "1 Tech" for the first page of any catalogue, but would always be found first by people wary of name squatters that would read catalogues backwards?

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gruez3y ago· 1 in thread

That seems unlikely given that wikipedia says the company was founded in 1988 in taiwan. I doubt phonebooks in taiwan are ordered alphabetically.

thematrixturtle3y ago

The primary market of tech companies in Taiwan is not Taiwan itself.

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