On 2017-11-11 09:22, Philip Newton wrote:
On 11 November 2017 at 02:51, Philip Paeps <philip@trouble.is> wrote:
Take that thought a bit further and ICANN will be selling timezones to the highest bidder another decade down the line. That makes me think about advertising in time zone names. Imagine if you had to select not Europe/Zurich but instead Europe/Powered-by-Swatch or something like that, because the company bought the naming rights to the timezone.
Easier to buy the UI localization rights for big distros: Seoul_Samsung, MtView_Google, Cupertino_Apple, Redmond_Microsoft: there could be big money (and confusion) from America/Los_Angeles! ;^>
Like the many stadiums or buildings that are now named after companies rather than after locations or people.
But who other than the orgs' and ticket sellers' ad reps use those names, which change every few years when a co can't make the payments, gets bought, or a better offer comes along? -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada