[NJJ]

Every time I hear that commercial I wonder who the idiot was that selected that name. It obviously is a play on “carbon copy.” All of us old folks remember that before Xerox, secretaries had to type a master copy and had up to about eight layers of carbon paper with thin “onion paper” paper sandwiched in between.

The challenge was how hard the typewriter could pound the keys to deposit enough carbon on the lowest copy in order to be legible. It was really crappy but it was all we had.

So I wonder what marketing guru named a computer technology after an old fashion obsolete process.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

So I wonder what marketing guru named a computer technology after an old fashion obsolete process.

Have you actually seen "The Empire Strikes Back"?

Carbonite is the material used in the cryo-freezing process that Han Solo undergoes as a test of the equipment on a human before Darth Vader attempts to use it on Luke Skywalker. It has nothing to do with carbon paper.

[RetiredArmy]

Xerox

I love this term. Everyone says, "go XEROX me a copy of this please?" You never hear anyone say, "please 3M me a copy of this", or some other company. It has been and will always be, "Xerox" me a copy of this.