[OT] GameOver Mr. Jobs

[Devin Asay]

On Apr 29, 2010, at 12:31 PM, Richmond Mathewson wrote:

>  On 29/04/2010 20:20, Bob Sneidar wrote:
>> Yes, that was what they called it. I believe that if real Turquoise could speak, it would express vehement dismay for the association with the actual color Apple used. :-)
>> 
> 
> More a virulent, vaguely polluted, tropical lagoon sort of colour.

The official name of the color was "Bondi Blue", supposedly named for the color of the water at this beach in Oz:

http://www.hempelfamily.com/bondi_to_bronti.htm

And you could even see the computer's innards under the "water"!

Devin

Devin Asay
Humanities Technology and Research Support Center
Brigham Young University