Thursday August 23, 2007 
People who love sausages and software should never watch either being made
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David Lee Todd, Unknown Product Manager People who love sausages and software should never watch either being made |
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Thursday August 23, 2007 By now, everyone has heard about us changing our stock symbol from SUNW to JAVA, a very shrewd move, very smart in my opinion. And it's not a new idea, either. Smart companies have been doing it for decades. It's very prestigious to have a single-letter symbol, for instance, so Citigroup grabbed C when Chrysler let go of it. US Steel was always X, symbolizing power and uniqueness. And using your flagship brand as your symbol has a long history, too. Perhaps the most famous: Anheuser-Busch's ticker symbol is BUD. Some other cool tickers: Southwest Airlines -- LUV The Cheesecake Factory -- CAKE The Boston Beer Co. (maker of Sam Adams beer) -- SAM I got this info from this excellent 2005 article by Dan Fitzpatrick of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Posted by davidleetodd ( Aug 23 2007, 06:59:32 PM PDT ) Permalink |
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