If I’m not mistaken, it’s Hormel that introduced the world to Spam. I checked under http://www.spam.com and http://www.hormel.com , and both links yield no response.
My question is this. Does anyone know of any reaction from the folks at Hormel to the proliferation of the term “spam” being associated with junk email? I wonder if they figure that name recognition is a good thing, and they don’t mind it? Or perhaps they dislike the negativity that has become associated with the word?
Sorry, sailor–my bust. I did a search , and found the “What is the best thing to do with spam?” thread, read the first few replies, and it seemed like it was heading in a technical direction. There is a link in that thread that answers my question. Although the second link you posted does not answer the question.
Well, MB, I don’t have any particular “in” with Hormel, but my guess would be that they’re probably delighted at the proliferation of the word. Like they say in Hollywood, “the only bad publicity is no publicity”. If I were CEO of Hormel, I’d be ecstatic at a social trend that kept my product’s name in the public eye practically 24/7, not to mention dispersing knowledge of my product world-wide via the Internet.
Either you haven’t searched hard enough, or you refuse to accept all the evidence. Either way, the OP has been more than adequately answered, especially since the OP has violated the Prime Directive: Asking a GQ where Cecil himself has already answered.