Upmarket Akimichi Corp.

A few years ago I wrote a test data generator that included company names.  At the time I remembered the story of Ashton-Tate, which I believe was a made-up name chosen more for its euphonics than any connection to the founders.

The name generator uses up to 3 real words and names and an optional suffix.  Working with the test data, it came up with a remarkable number of amusing, intriguing, and interesting sounding company names.

Perhaps with all the simple one-word company names already taking up the .com namespace, we will see more two-name or three-name companies in the future.

I've translated the generator to javascript and posted it here:  http://sbrew.com/namer.html.

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