Re: Origin of Apple "Lisa" Computer Name : Apple IIe Software ?

["Warren Ernst" <wernst@gmail.com>]

I have heard that many, MANY Apple engineers considered LISA to mean:

Let's Invent Some Acronym

I do not find this story to be too unbelievable...

-Warr


bill.martens@gmail.com wrote:
> Being as the Lisa Symbolic Assembler
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_assembler) was produced well before
> any mention of a Lisa computer was even thought of, I find it highly
> illogical that there would be a copyright issue here.
>
> But of course Randy Hyde probably could have sued Apple on the naming
> but that would have been a David versus Goliath battle that no one
> could have won in that day.
>
> But if you are into that kind of thing, take a look at the war that
> occured between Penguin Software (Polarware,
> http://www.magictree.com/polarware/) and Penguin Books.
>
> As for the naming of the Lisa Computer, just refer to Steve's daughter.
> (as with many other products in Apple and as mentioned before).