May142009
Unix license plates galore
Filed under Software / computing by david brooks at 6:25 am

Earlier plate is lower left; they advance chronologically from bottom to top, left to right (Photo by Grant Morris)
(NOTE: Due to problems with a Web-hosting switchover, the article mentioned below is not easily accessible, so I’ve done a cut-and-paste version here.)
The above photo will make a small subset of the human population (Unix fanatics) go bananas. It’s the collection of fake Unix/Linux license plates owned by Amherst’s Jon “maddog” Hall, dating back to the one that says “Trademark Of Bell Labs.”
Hall has the only *real* UNIX license plate in New Hampshire, on his Jeep. I present this photo as a tease: I will have the entire story about his license plate in Sunday’s Telegraph. Before then, you have to console yourself wondering what the heck that ULTRIX plate is doing there … in blue?!?!


May 14th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
I will point out that this picture was taken at my favorite breakfast place, the Riverhouse Cafe in Milford, New Hampshire - maddog
May 16th, 2009 at 2:09 pm
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June 23rd, 2009 at 9:17 am
I love the photo, very cool
October 13th, 2009 at 5:12 pm
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