Talk:ETA Systems

On ETA Systems Naming
I was part of the group that named ETA. It was pretty simple. ETA was definitely from the first three letters of ETAOIN SHRDLU, what we remembered as the linotype character output that had been based on the nytimes research that made the awful linotype keyboards. There is not really any debate about that, so I'm unclear what the 'competing theories' would be from. ETA, as a name, was selected but it was decided from the start that it was not an acronym, partially just to be contrary, which the ex-CDC engineers and executives who left to form ETA were most definitely feeling.

It wasn't until well after the name was chosen that the Basque connection was realized ("oops") or the Japanese-language issue, but there were a number of amusing connections found to the name. A number of names were discussed, but Neil Lincoln and his family were the source for the name of the company.

Another anecdote about naming
My 9th grade computer programming class toured ETA Systems just a few months before they shut down. During the Q&A session, someone asked what the name meant. The employee who was acting as our tour guide (no idea who it was) told us that the name was not an initialism, but was simply the three most commonly used letters in the English language.65.101.108.194 (talk) 17:50, 19 July 2024 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:ETA logo.gif
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Adjective choice
The choice of some adjectives on this whole page come close to violating neutral point of view. If things were "excellent," it's questionable the firm would have failed as it did. This is mindful that the best technology does not always "win." But that's merely one example. The page needs considerably more work by knowledgeable people from that era and/or historical evidence from some place like the Charles Babbage Institute (near what was ETA HQ). This is merely a call for more realistic verbage. 143.232.210.150 (talk) 21:57, 13 December 2007 (UTC)