Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/05/10/great-deal-on-unix.html
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Good damn, I’m so old I get it. 23 Skidoo!
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“Oh my God,” my voice was barely a whisper. “Is that you, SCO Group?”
The infinitely more hideous squamous System V.
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It’s not listed on Distro Watch:
https://distrowatch.com/table-mobile.php?distribution=Superunix
Yet.
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This reminds me of how I still get annoyed with the Quaker Oats brand. Using a religion’s name to sell a breakfast cereal doesn’t seem right to me. Neither does using one to sell glue.
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Is this available under the GLU Public License or one of the Berkeley Sticky Distribution licenses?
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Just $600/processor for the license?
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Someone in alt.folklore.comouters used to keep track of non-computer products named “unix”. It was a curiosity, the products weren’t infringing on copyright, they had nothing to do with comouters.
It might have been Dennis Ritchie himself, he did post there until he died.
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Could be worse, I just bought a product made by this company: https://www.siouxchief.com/about-us
Why pay money for that when you can get Linux for free?
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Yeah but then you have to mix the glue yourself.
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I’m waiting for the day when https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_Limited assert their trademark. Clearly they’re playing the long game.
They should have sold their domain name during the dot com boom. Its worthless now.
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Yeah, it’s two part epoxy.
@beschizza Amazon link posts are best Amazon link posts.
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I’m anticipating a future where email can only legally be sent by washing machines, or possibly clothes dryers.
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Especially since they used have a subsidiary that built munitions. And another led by a Navy captain.
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