[EvanAnderson]

An Intel employee explained their code-naming on white-box server chassis/motherboard combinations back in the late 90s. There were chassis named things like "Balboa" and "Cabrillo". Motherboards were named things like "Buckeye", "Redwood", and "Sitka". He said "We've never been sued by a dead explorer or a tree."

[aerostable_slug]

No, now you'll get sued by people who are offended by one's choice in dead explorers — or even the use of explorers at all.

Imagine codenaming a chassis "Drake" today, where even the famed hotel in San Francisco changed its name (now it sounds like a generic chain hotel — "Beacon Grand").

Use Junipero Serra's name? Better hope your offices are vandalism-resistant...