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Sibling comment links to the relevant Wikipedia page, but most people who've dealt with YP probably know it as NIS (turns out using a trademarked term wasn't id
by mjg59 5y ago
Sibling comment links to the relevant Wikipedia page, but most people who've dealt with YP probably know it as NIS (turns out using a trademarked term wasn't ideal). https://lwn.net/Articles/874174/ https://lwn.net/Articles/874174/ is a discussion of the current state of the world - Fedora is considering removing support for it in a future release, but it's otherwise still hanging around in Linux distributions.
- cesarb 5y ago> https://lwn.net/Articles/874174/ https://lwn.net/Articles/874174/ is a discussion of the current state of the world - Fedora is considering removing support for it in a future release Subscriber link: https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/874174/693a5853d33f4b45/ https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/874174/693a5853d33f4b45/
- tytso 5y agoOK, suddenly I feel old. When I knew people using YP, we all knew that it was the rightful name, and NIS was the name slapped on it later due to trademark concerns...
- mwcampbell 5y agoIf I'm not mistaken, Sun has made that mistake more than once. Bryan Cantrill has often pointed out that the original name of Solaris zones was Kevlar.
- bcantrill 5y agoAnd don't forget Happy Meal Ethernet!