From: kelve@gdportal.com   
      
   "Klaus & Rooster"  wrote in message   
   news:1186599683.271757.25690@i38g2000prf.googlegroups.com...   
   > Steely Fans,   
   >   
   > some time ago there was a discussion on this newsgroup about the   
   > origin of the name of the company "Aja Video Systems". It has been   
   > speculated that the founder may have been a Steely Dan Fan and hence   
   > called his company "Aja". Well, yesterday at the Siggraph 2007   
   > conference in San Diego I actually talked to a guy from Aja Video to   
   > find out more about this. The story is that the name of the company is   
   > NOT derived from the Steely Dan Album, neither do the guys pronounce   
   > the company name like the album, they rather say A-J-A as individual   
   > letters. BUT,  they have a copy of the platinum album of Aja hanging   
   > in the company offices. So they are aware of this name and its   
   > implications.   
   >   
   > Thought You might want to know.   
   >   
   > Regards,   
   > Klaus & Rooster   
   >   
      
   Wow, Siggraph is still kicking on! Use to move in those circles in the early   
   90's. Cool.   
   Cheers.   
      
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