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(CIO) Followup RIM finds out "BBX" name is taken, might rename new QNX-based operating system to unpronounceable symbol, though everyone will still call it "the OS formerly known as BBX"   (blogs.cio.com) divider line 12
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Uncle Wiggly [TotalFark]
2011-10-21 11:06:52 AM
I thought they ended this foolishness when they stopped naming all their phones with 8s and 3s and 0s ... "I think it's the 8830 or the 8330. I can't tell because it's 4 point reversed Helvetica Narrow. Does it have a camera? Is it red?" But what are the options? BBC? BBQ? BBS? They're all taken, including the single-digit numbers. But knowing RIM, they'll choose BB0, and say, "That's a zero, not an 'O'."

Maybe BBQ. Start a meat-based OS similar to Android's sugary OS names.
 
tomcatadam
2011-10-21 12:01:53 PM
They're run by a couple of morons.
 
Need a Dispenser Here
2011-10-21 12:02:35 PM
Uncle Wiggly: I thought they ended this foolishness when they stopped naming all their phones with 8s and 3s and 0s ... "I think it's the 8830 or the 8330. I can't tell because it's 4 point reversed Helvetica Narrow. Does it have a camera? Is it red?" But what are the options? BBC? BBQ? BBS? They're all taken, including the single-digit numbers. But knowing RIM, they'll choose BB0, and say, "That's a zero, not an 'O'."

Maybe BBQ. Start a meat-based OS similar to Android's sugary OS names.

t3.gstatic.com
 
ha-ha-guy
2011-10-21 12:07:39 PM
How the fark did they not notice that one? This is the kind of thing you license rights for way back when you first pick the name.
 
realmolo
2011-10-21 12:42:44 PM
RIM is about 3 years away from Microsoft buying them, and integrating everything good about BES into Exchange and ActiveSync.

And the world will be a better place for it.
 
Close2TheEdge [TotalFark]
2011-10-21 12:46:30 PM
They should call it the "Job" merely for the lulz. Company is going down the tank anyway.
 
Labrat407
2011-10-21 01:14:54 PM
Maybe they should pick another letter. "W" is close to "X", that should work!

Let's try it.

RIM job applicants wanted for BBW.

Is that better?
 
DjangoStonereaver [TotalFark]
2011-10-21 04:13:48 PM
Uncle Wiggly: I thought they ended this foolishness when they stopped naming all their phones with 8s and 3s and 0s ... "I think it's the 8830 or the 8330. I can't tell because it's 4 point reversed Helvetica Narrow. Does it have a camera? Is it red?" But what are the options? BBC? BBQ? BBS? They're all taken, including the single-digit numbers. But knowing RIM, they'll choose BB0, and say, "That's a zero, not an 'O'."

Maybe BBQ. Start a meat-based OS similar to Android's sugary OS names.

Fedora beat them to it, alas.

Still better than Canonical's aliterative oddball adjective/obscure animal naming scheme.
 
mtrac
2011-10-21 11:11:02 PM
BBX? They're still around? Holy crap. In 1986, I started working with an accounting package implemented in BBX. Thought it was cool for its day, particularly the database, but that was long ago. Now I feel old.
 
trifoldhat
2011-10-22 01:36:47 AM
Mandrake says what?
 
Bschott007
2011-10-22 03:03:17 AM
Watching Blackberry fall is like watching the Tyson/Douglas fight. Just let it go Blackberry. Your days are over.
 
JeffTL
2011-10-24 11:13:14 PM
I think the next-generation BlackBerry OS is already called "Ice Cream Sandwich."
 
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