Why is neowin called neowin?


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okay, this might have been asked before, but where did neobond/voodoo/redmak come up with the neowin (and why is it a .net?)

i can see the win after windows, but where did neo come from (matrix???)

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neo = first part of neobonds name (the maker of one and all)

win for windows news :)

.net prob cos it looks better and its not country specific maybe

it started as a mainly windows new, but has progressed :)

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Neo = new?... o i just dictionaried it... lol wierd that we have a MAC section....

anyways, why are we a .net

.net = New Windows Network

Macintosh section = came later, isn't part of the NeoWin focus.

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Neo = new

Win = windows

Neowin was created during the Windows XP beta stages, back before it was even XP, when it was Codename Whistler. Hence, the "new windows."

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Neo = new?... o i just dictionaried it... lol wierd that we have a MAC section....

anyways, why are we a .net

.net is cooler :happy:

mac forum so we can keep the trolls out of the xp section.

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No no no no no!

*strikes out everything on this thread*

It was because "Neobond" (I think so :huh: ) was thinking up of a name for a new web site, and he was talking to somebody about his. It happened that the somebody was watching The Matrix at that time, and so the name Neowin popped up (Neo was name of the main character in The Matrix, for those of you who doesn't know about it).

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.net

1. Neowin is not a company nor a commercial domain.

2. It's too expensive to get the .com domain.I think i heard it was like a few million dollars. :laugh:

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It was because "Neobond" (I think so :huh: ) was thinking up of a name for a new web site, and he was talking to somebody about his. It happened that the somebody was watching The Matrix at that time, and so the name Neowin popped up (Neo was name of the main character in The Matrix, for those of you who doesn't know about it).

Just a FYI: That chatlog I posted in the other thread about the origin of the name was fake.

[2000/09/24 17:31] Stevieboy: but i still need a name for the site

[2000/09/24 17:31] Stevieboy: it should be something with windows or win in the name

[2000/09/24 17:32] Tom Servo: heh, how about winbetas?

[2000/09/24 17:32] Stevieboy: nah, that sounds just stupid

[2000/09/24 17:33] Tom Servo: how about neowin? since i'm watching the matrix atm

[2000/09/24 17:33] Stevieboy: that sounds actually cool!

:whistle:

I've quite an imagination, haven't I...

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