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		ChuckMcM 11 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How shut-down Bay Area tech companies ditch their ... Joe Palrang (the guy who drew him) and the Java team called him 'Fang' (he looks like a tooth right?) Somebody didn't like that name (I don't recall if it was corporate or Kim Polese) and at some point the word went out that his name was "Duke".

jszymborski 11 months ago [–]

Cool! Thanks for the history :) I genuinely never liked the name. Fang is much better.

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