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...because it's the more respectful option?



That has nothing to do with respect. On the other hand, if you "respect" organization's spelling choices, you end up with abominations like "macOS". It's better to make a habit to ignore them.


No one complained when they named everything iEverything.

Or if they did, the complainers weren’t important enough to matter.

Just be thankful that they didn’t name iMac MacMan.


> Just be thankful that they didn’t name iMac MacMan.

That's a stupid name but at least it's a valid word.


Your username is uncapitalized.


Crap.

But if an organization (for whatever reason that might happen) wrote about me, I'd expect them to capitalize it properly according to their style guide.




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