[kzz102]

Xiaomi can also mean millet. I think it's a reference to this Mao quote: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millet_plus_rifles?wprov=sfla1

[keepamovin]

Wow, that's interesting. I guess that's like a US company being called "MRE". We would view that like a veteran's owned and operated company. Interesting.

And all the products would be "MRE-Phone", "MRE-Pod", hehehe :)

[est]

That's just a fun coicidence but in reality LeiJun and 12 others from Kingsoft Corp founded Xiaomi after they had a bowl of millet gruel.

https://www.scmp.com/abacus/tech/article/3028654/documentary...

[kzz102]

This is one of the things that everyone gets the reference, but it won't be good to admit it publicly. This quote is known to almost everyone born in that area, and it's the first thing that come to mind when you hear the name.