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Thanks for the advice. I'm leaning this way. I suspect that if I don't change it now, I probably never will as it will only get harder. Probably doesn't matter that much though.


Don't bother. Just redirect, carry on. Food for thought: micheleincalifornia.blogspot.com/2015/08/how-aflac-got-its-name.html

Keep in mind, they are a multi billion dollar company and did not bother.

Best of luck.


Someone could probably make an entertaining book telling how companies got their names. I always enjoyed how an early employer of mine, Callan Data Systems, got theirs.

As you might guess, Callan was the name of a founder (Dave Callan). However, he was just one of three equal co-founders. Another will Bill Pohlman (probably best known as the leader of the team at Intel that developed the 8086). I don't remember who the third was.

When they were just starting the company they could not agree on a name, and this was holding up filing corporate paperwork. During this time Pohlman and the third founder went on a camping trip together without Callan.

When they got back Callan told them he'd gone ahead and filed the paperwork with a temporary name so they could move on with the important stuff, and they could change the name later when they finally agreed on a name they all liked. The temporary name was Callan Data Systems.

They never agreed on a new name.




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