Phil Belanger tells the story behind the name WiFi (and it is not short for “Wireless Fidelity”). Meanwhile, Michael Johas Teener tells the story of where the name FireWire came from. (Scroll down to “Why all these names?”)
[9:30am – I originally had a link to a NY Times article, but it was the wrong article and I can’t find the right one, so I’m just going to link directly to Michael Jonas Teener’s explanation.]
Raymond has been involved in the evolution of Windows for more than 30 years. In 2003, he began a Web site known as The Old New Thing which has grown in popularity far beyond his wildest imagination, a development which still gives him the heebie-jeebies. The Web site spawned a book, coincidentally also titled The Old New Thing (Addison Wesley 2007). He occasionally appears on the Windows Dev Docs Twitter account to tell stories which convey no useful information.
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