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Am I the only one who doesn't really like the name MeeGo? I don't know anything about it beyond the wikipedia page nor am I making any judgement regarding it as a platform, but I think the name is kind of goofy. Haha.

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The name unfortunately is a homonym for "Mi-Go," who are an extra-terrestrial race that appear in several stories of H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos. The Mi-Go are not particularly friendly. For example, in one story they extract a person's brain from his head, then keep the brain alive in a jar while they fly with it through space to their base on Yuggoth (Pluto). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mi-go

So if you ever see jokes along the lines of "MeeGo: the phone that extracts your brain from your head!" or "MeeGo: the phone from Yuggoth" or similar, that is why. I have not yet seen Charlie Stross reference this in one of the Laundry stories, but I'm waiting for it. ; )

I would hope this is unintentional on Nokia and Intel's part. I mean, who would intentionally name their OS after something in Lovecraft?

You can't always trust your instincts with these things. We got used to the Wii in the end - product names often sound strange until the metaphorical corners rub off through repeated use.

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