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Unimog – Cloudflare’s edge load balancer

• tiffanyh 6y 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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unimog
  • conchy 6y 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.
    • eqvinox 6y 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..."
  • iruoy 6y ago
    As long as they're not going to release it it shouldn't be a problem I'd think.
  • fasteo 6y ago
    Even the truck in the icon is quite similar to the actual Unimog [1] [1] https://www.trucksnl.com/pictures/ad-4975423-3e65dbb49baea189/camion_de_volquete_7_dot_5_t_mercedes_benz_unimog_u_1250_2_achs_allradkipper_4975423.jpg?format=webp&quality=70&w=1110&h=832 https://www.trucksnl.com/pictures/ad-4975423-3e65dbb49baea18...
• nihilanth 6y ago
  Good article. But talks far more of how it works and far less about why existing alternatives were not good enough.