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by renewiltord 1238 days ago
Research in Motion : rimmers

SAP: saps

Snowflake: Snowflakes

Workday: Workers

Microsoft: Softies

Intel: Intelligentsia

Adobe: Dobes

Broadcom: Broads

IBM : Bummers

PayPal: Charge Friends

Uber: Uberalles

Atlassian: Shruggers

Marvell Technology: Kree

Dell: Dellions

5 comments

Rimmer might be our winner
Hey, are you some kind of a holophobe??! ;)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Rimmer

I’ve tried “Dellberts” internally once and it wasn’t well received.
Dell: Delldos
Uber: Ubermensch
Did you just make these up? Good job quick thinking!

> Atlassian: Shruggers

Ayn Rand?

> Marvell Technology: Kree

Stargate?

> Marvell Technology: Kree

More likely a reference to the recent Captain Marvel movie.

I prefer my sci-fi aged and esoteric, like a fine wine. (Haven't watched most of the Marvel movies after it became sequel after sequel six months apart.)

"Jaffa! Kree!" is timeless (though with no connections to MRVL).