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Random fact about the Yellow Pages: Sun Microsystems developed a directory service now called "Network Information Services" (or NIS), however it was originall
by Natfan 5y ago
Random fact about the Yellow Pages:
Sun Microsystems developed a directory service now called "Network Information Services" (or NIS), however it was originally called "Yellow Pages".
They obviously didn't realise that the "Yellow Pages" were already a thing, so they renamed. All of their commands still begin with yp (ypbind, ypcat and others from what memory serves)
Just thought it was interesting. Also source[0].
[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Information_Service https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Information_Service
- glandium 5y ago> They obviously didn't realise that the "Yellow Pages" were already a thing I always thought it was called that way on purpose.
- bagels 5y agoYellow pages were ubiquitous, unlikely they were unknown to those at Sun.
- cafard 5y agoYes. If you grew up before the web took off, you knew all about the Yellow Pages. Every year, a. White Pages (direct listing, split between residential and commercial) and a Yellow Pages (business ads by category) landed on your doorstep. In the larger cities, these could be quite hefty.
- SideburnsOfDoom 5y ago> They obviously didn't realise that the "Yellow Pages" were already a thing, If true, then why pick the name "Yellow Pages" at all? Of course they knew what it was named after.
- maupin 5y agoBack then everyone knew about the white pages and yellow pages. You used them all the time. It would be basically impossible not to know about them.
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- ska 5y ago> They obviously didn't realise that the "Yellow Pages" were already a thing This is almost certainly not true. More likely legal decided they could get into IP trouble, or marketing decided they didn't want the association.