The Lurker

Obidos?

So, somebody is wondering what "Obidos", the name of Amazon's e-commerce software, means:

This is just incredible:

Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 14:36:58 -0800 (PST)
From: <techhelp@amazon.com>
Message-ID: <200101182236.OAA05850@cs-russian.amazon.com>
To: <alex@astrocyte-design.com>
Subject: Your Amazon.com Technical Inquiry

Dear Alex,

Thanks for writing back to Amazon.com. I'm sorry, but we cannot even reveal that information to you. There are only a handful of programmers and applications folks who know what "Obidos" means, and I'm afraid that that information is, also, proprietary. Please let us know if you have further questions, and thank you for shopping with us.

Best regards,

Brian Pinsker
http://www.amazon.com

What's the big secret?

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