wiscal (06/22/82)
The recent announcement of the creation of "American Bell" got us thinking that it could have changed from XYZ, Inc. to ABC (C = Corporation). Then we wondered how Xerox got its name. Is it an acronym, a name of a mythical beast or what?
trb (06/24/82)
"Xerox" is no acronym. "Xerography" is the name of the dry printing process from which Xerox gets its name. From the Greek "xeros", meaning "dry." "Serene" has its roots here too. (All this from the dictionary.) Andy Tannenbaum Bell Labs Whippany, NJ (201) 386-6491
ajm55611 (06/24/82)
Xerox is not an acronym, but a name from greek methology picked by a professor at OSU(ohio). I believe there was some god that had a double, or something like that. The professor was asked to come up with the name by Battelle Memorial Institute, the world's largest not for profit research center. The Haloid Corporation brought their idea to Battelle after Kodak, et. al. turned it down. Battelle developed the xerox process in return for stock. Several years ago they made 254million bucks off the stock; not bad for a not for profit organization! Al, the wonderdog. ihuxk!ajm55611 P.S Battelle also developed such goodies as the copper clad dime and quarter and Liquid Paper.