At 10:57 AM -0500 1/30/05, Steve Boatti wrote: >What's the derivation of Mazda as a lightbulb trademark? I've wondered if >it's related to the name of the Japanese car. > Isn't it directly from Ahura-Mazda, Zoroastrian god of light? (Sorry for inaccuracies in the spelling or mythology, but I think that's the basic idea.) Larry