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

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

I think LISA is a four-letter acronym, of which the last two stand
for Symbolic Assembler.  Not much of a coincidence--just a small
name space.

The Apple penchant for naming systems after girlfriends/daughters
is well known.

-michael


frankdowling1@yahoo.com wrote:
> Vince ,
>
>   True.
>   However it is often the case that a coporate  " mythology" or lore
> often emerges after the fact.
>   The basic problem is that after a while   aka Dilbert the mythology
> comes to be believed as fact.
>    By digging around sometimes you can find the information to dispute
> the commonly held mythology which by this time is  never questioned.
>   Still it is an amazing coincidence that the program is called Lisa ,
> was for an Apple product predates the  Lisa / Mac computer .
>     If the firm was still in business when the Lisa was released  Apple
> would have had some difficulty in copywriting the name .
>
>                                                               What do
> you think
>
> Vince Briel wrote:
>
> > As far as I know the Lisa was named after Steve Jobs daughter. Source:
> > Pirates of Silicon Valley
> >
> > Vince
> >
> > --
> > Making computers fun again
> > See the new AltairPC
> > http://www.brielcomputers.com
> >
> > <frankdowling1@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > 1149337463.502723.140730@c74g2000cwc.googlegroups.com">news:1149337463.502723.140730@c74g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> >
> > >   What is the origin of the Apple " Lisa" - the Apple Computer that
> > > paved the way for the Mac ?
> > >    It is popular Apple lore that the  "Lisa "  was named after an
> > > engineer's daughter.
> > >    I came across this link to a manual of a pre Lisa Apple II 3rd
> > > party software called  "Lisa ".
> > >    Perhaps it is only Apple popular Folklore  ?
> > >
> > > link :
> > >
> > > http://aceemploymentservices.net/AceEmp.Vintagecomputers/apple_lisa_programming_language.htm