What logic/reason did Jack Ma used for the name Alibaba?
马云为什么选择“Alibaba”这个名字？
One day he was in a coffee shop in USA, and he was thinking about the name of his company.He alwayls wanted to give a popular and common name and suddenly alibaba came to his mind. Then he asked a waitress, ‘do you know about Alibaba?’ and she said yes. Then he went onto the street and found 30 people and asked them, ‘Do you know Alibaba?’ and everyone said yes.People from any part of world knew about Alibaba. Alibaba — open sesame. Alibaba — 40 thieves. So he chosed the name Alibaba that is easy to spell, and globally recognized.
有一天，他在美国的一个咖啡店里，正在思考他公司的名字。他总是想取一个受欢迎和普遍的名字，突然，Alibaba这个名字浮现在他的脑海中。然后他问了一位女服务员，“你知道阿里巴巴吗？”她说知道。之后，他走到街上，找到30个人问他们，“你知道Alibaba吗？”每个人都说知道。来自世界各地的人都知道Alibaba。阿里巴巴 — 芝麻开门。阿里巴巴 — 40大盗。因此，他选择了Alibaba这个名字，因为它容易拼写，并且在全球都被认可。
