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[edit] Proposed rename

Proposing renaming page to Toshimba Corporation, then creating a page for the Toshiba brand. comments? Christopher Mahan 04:48, 6 Jan 2005 (UTC).

Since wikipedia follows the vernacular and there isn't another famous Toshiba around to cause ambiguity, I don't see what would be gained by that. What's IBM listed under? Microsoft? -- Oarih 05:51, 6 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Upon googleing, I found dozens, if not hundreds of companies that bear the Toshiba name. Also, the Toshiba Group is a recognized entity, both on the toshiba world website, and in international press. Looks like it's going to have to break up. Christopher Mahan 16:44, 6 Jan 2005 (UTC).
Sure, and they are all related to Toshiba Corporation, the company featured in this article. Wouldn't it just make more sense to leave Toshiba where it is and then make other entries for Toshiba America, Toshiba Semiconductor or whatever as the need arises? I don't think that Toshiba Group is really very recognized, either -- a search on google for "Toshiba Group" only gets 901 hits compared to Toshiba -group which gets over 20 million. -- Oarih 01:37, 7 Jan 2005 (UTC)

[edit] 1987 Submarine technology sale

Added reference to the 1987 controversy over Toshiba's sale of submarine manufacturing technology to the Soviet Union. This topic may merit its own entry heading if more detail is added. --Jim Lipsey 18:31, 25 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Careful with Kanji

The paragraph I just deleted was the current version of some "etymology" that was added to the article some time ago. The origins of those two Kanji (東芝) have nothing to do with the etymology of "Toshiba" which is just short for "Tokyo-Shibara" (according to the company web site). In this context, the Kanji are being used phonetically.

You know, companies do change the meaning of their name occasionally. Some will have a full acronym and then one day just decide that they'll dump the meaning and just keep the name. I don't doubt that your deletion correct, but you also can't read what they put on their website worth a darn. That's what they want it to mean, the historical entomology is probably different. I could be wrong though. -Theanphibian (talk • contribs) 01:55, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] American Distributors (rebranding)

From the mid to late 1960s, Toshiba (and other companies) produced television sets and radio equipment for American department stores like Sears Roebuck (not sure of the others). Maybe that could be added, but all I know of such is a 1969 model 9-inch B&W television/radio/clock combination made by Toshiba, but sold as a Sears model. Jedo1507r 16:09, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Suspect change

Somebody check if the change from this version to the next is correct. Thanks . http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Toshiba&oldid=29343111 Christopher Mahan 23:18, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Pronunciation?

"toe SHEE buh" or "TOE shih buh"? Thanks! -- Richfife 22:16, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Its "toe-shee-bah" Oyo321 23:57, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] small note

hey guys, I'm gonna add a small note about Semp, a firm that is owned by Toshiba.

[edit] Founding year

Because Toshiba is a rather popular article, I will not edit it if I am wrong. I have seen somewhere ( http://www.oldcalculatormuseum.com/toshbc1411.html of all things!) that Toshiba has actually been around since 1875. Where did the 1904 figure come in? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Uzaiyaro (talk • contribs) 13:59, 23 February 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Verify beer consumed by Toshiba.

Can someone verify that the beer consumed by Toshiba employees are indeed Kirin. Kirin is apart of the Mitsubishi group, whilethe beer producer in the Mitsui group is Sapporo. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by I4wong (talk • contribs) 22:52, 13 March 2007 (UTC).

-The beer of the Mitsui keiretsu is not Kirin neither Sapporo: it's Asahi -from Asahi Breweries, a member of the Mitsui Keiretsu- —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.11.206.81 (talk) 15:54, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Adding tech support sites

There is a social tech support site for all Toshiba's products that should be added to this article www.fixya.com/support/toshiba. Let me know if there are any thoughts.84.229.246.201 08:18, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Organization

Ok, Toshiba doesn't JUST make computer chips people. I was kind of surprised that there wasn't already an organization section in this article. *sigh* this is going to make more work for me.

Anyway, I have another problem that the organization on the Japanese version of the page is yet again different from what I can find on their website, listing more like 30 companies instead of the scant few I put there. Needless to say, they have articles written on many of them, and I'm disputing about what actions I can take to import some of them. Whenever we get it figured out exactly what Toshiba is made of, I would like to get a navigation template going and hopefully encourage the development of those articles.

And yeah... I'm interested in the power systems branch in particular. You could probably already tell that though. -Theanphibian (talk • contribs) 01:55, 9 July 2007 (UTC)