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The History of Acer (abortretry.fail)
6 points by achairapart 4 months ago | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


> They then reached out to Ogilvy & Mather whose art director in Australia suggested Acer. Shih enjoyed one of the meanings of the word in Latin, energetic, and the name was chosen. The company quickly became Acer Inc.

Here I was, thinking it was named after maple trees.




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