How the Command Key got its four leaf clover

It was Andy Hertzfeld, not Tannenbaum

I remember always calling that key the pretzel key. This was when I first started making Mac games in 1991. :D

Didn't you read the comments on the story before posting about it? ;-) The symbol does not mean campground, it is used in the Nordic countries (Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Iceland) to indicate a general point of interest. Campground has a tent or cabin as signs. The origin of the sign is a castle seen from above, with a tower in each corner. So to annoy your Mac friends, tell them to hit the Castle key.

Andy Tannenbaum has assembled many of the stories he's written for Folklore.org into a great book called Revolution in the Valley. I wrote a review about it here: http://hohle.net/scrap_post.php?post=164

I call it a cloverleaf, for those that would be confused if you called it an Apple.

Marja-Leena is partly correct, but the official term for the sign is that it indicates a sight. Check out Finnish Road Administration's document about road signs here: http://www.tiehallinto.fi/pls/wwwedit/docs/7729.PDF

Interesting! In Finland, this symbol is on signs along the highways to indicate a craft or artist studio/shop. Long ago it was a mark placed above entry doors to ward evil spirits from entering. Maybe this protects the Macs from viruses!??

Dude, I stil call it the "Open Apple key."

Cool.