I was today years old when I figured this.

Whoever named the app and designed the logo is an absolute fucking genius.

I don’t remember that logo 🤔 I remember a much more toned down version

Wikipedia confirms it and has some extra details.

lol The "NERO" allegedly fiddled while the city of "ROM" burned. -Wikipedia. fuckin genius indeed sir

I have a-ha's like this too from time to time.

Wait until you learn about the brilliance of the neverending trial of WinRAR.

@eeee enlightenment me now.

Oh, oooooooooooh

Dang. I used it many times in the past and I didn't really what is the logo actually. When it's small sized, it seems to be a CD on fire.

i understood the reference from thw first time i launched the program, in 2000, BUT i was today years old when I realized ROM is part of it,because it sounds like the city name... before i thought it's just "program ia doing burning, nero also did some burning, heh, witty"

And then there's me, who just got the "joke" right now. After 20 years of using Nero.