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by dontupvoteme 928 days ago
Better yet, just a tiny 1-2% tax on any project, program or company that ever used anything Greek as a codename. Keeps you under the radar
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And anything in Beta
Plus a usage tax on Greek-derived words!
Oracle, Delphi, Minotaur, Ikarus, what else?
I feel like almost every European word has a Greek root deep down. Even the Latin ones sometimes come from Greek.
Alpha, Beta etc :)
Kerberos
and/or mathematical notation.
I like that idea, but more because it would discourage oh-so-clever names for projects.