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Unimog – Cloudflare’s edge load balancer (blog.cloudflare.com)
25 points by sauercloud 2115 days ago
2 comments
tiffanyh 2115 days ago
Really interesting article.

Comment though ... I'm surprised Cloudflare isn't concerned about being sued over using the name "Unimog" and having the load balancer icon be a Truck, given that Unimog is an actual company who manufacturers trucks.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unimog

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fasteo 2115 days ago
Even the truck in the icon is quite similar to the actual Unimog [1]

[1] https://www.trucksnl.com/pictures/ad-4975423-3e65dbb49baea18...

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conchy 2115 days ago
That was also my first reaction when I saw their choice of name for this. Daimler-Benz owns Unimog, I'm sure they have plenty of lawyers hanging around ready to defend their intellectual property.
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eqvinox 2115 days ago
> That was also my first reaction when I saw their choice of name for this.

Same here, my first thought was "lawsuit in 3... 2... 1..."

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iruoy 2115 days ago
As long as they're not going to release it it shouldn't be a problem I'd think.
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nihilanth 2115 days ago
Good article. But talks far more of how it works and far less about why existing alternatives were not good enough.
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