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		darby_nine on Sept 12, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: My business card runs Linux and Ultrix (2022) I nominate "ultrix" as the most ironic name ever for a piece of software. Not only was it not the last, it turned out to be one of the first!

starspangled on Sept 12, 2024 [–]

Did it derive from ultimate, or ultra (beyond unix)? I assumed the latter.

darby_nine on Sept 12, 2024 | [–]

Regardless, it seems like bad branding in retrospect.

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