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Re: PizzaHut still serves its first homepage

#41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You must have been a client, too. Brings back old memories. Also, have a look at the Groklaw archives if you haven't: http://www.groklaw.net/staticpages/index.php?page=2006121221...

IIRC, Groklaw was created specifically to archive/translate/simplify the SCO litigation, right?

Yep and it was a truly amazing and fascinating resource writing about a fascinating case.

Re: PizzaHut still serves its first homepage

#42
post #39

I remember as a kid around 1995 or 1996 seeing a Unix login prompt on the stores computers, and one guy who worked at a store had put some of the modem dial-in numbers on a local BBS. We'd dial in and try to guess the passwords but never got anywhere. Later I learned Pizza Hut ran RedHat.

Lolwat? Care to elaborate?

I believe you interpreted this as "Pizza Hut ran Red Hat" as in "Pizza Hut owned Red Hat", but the poster meant it as "Pizza Hat ran Red Hat [Linux?] (on their computers)."

Re: PizzaHut still serves its first homepage

#43
post #16

Santa Cruz Operation (thanks mahouse) aka SCO. They used to run all the McDonalds stuff at one point iirc.

Santa Cruz Operation*. It sounds like a warfare tactics thing, heh.

I was once told that the name was chosen to make it easier to cold call potential customers. Saying "Hi, this is Dave from the Santa Cruz Operation" was designed to fool people in to thinking that it was an internal call from another branch of the same organisation.

I have no idea if this is true, it's probably completely apocryphal, but it's a nice hack if it's true.

Re: PizzaHut still serves its first homepage

#45
post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Santa Cruz Operation*. It sounds like a warfare tactics thing, heh.

You must have been a client, too. Brings back old memories. Also, have a look at the Groklaw archives if you haven't: http://www.groklaw.net/staticpages/index.php?page=2006121221...

Wrong SCO.

Caldera renamed themselves The SCO Group after acquiring the name and trademark from The Santa Cruz Operation in 2001.

Later, things went south and the new SCO(G) turned litigious. The original SCO was not responsible for the later shenanigans, and it was painful to see their name dragged through the mud.

See also: Cingular -> AT&T

Re: PizzaHut still serves its first homepage

#47
post #18

According to wikipedia[1] this was one of the earliest websites to be created. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_websites_founded_befor...

Not sure how accurate the numbers [1] are but some interesting numbers there, relevant here [2]. [1] http://www.internetlivestats.com/ [2] http://www.internetlivestats.com/total-number-of-websites/

At least this says 1993:

    $ whois pizzahut.com | grep Creation
      Creation Date: 07-dec-1993  
      Creation Date: 1993-12-07T05:00:00Z

Re: PizzaHut still serves its first homepage

#49

That's one fast load time.

It's 85% pagespeed score and 92% YSlow [0].

It's not valid, but it's responsive.

It has no jQuery dependency, but it uses Google Analytics.

It's insecure HTTP but a "trusted" hostname.

It's low contrast and navigable (inasmuch as there are no links).

Plus ca change...

[0] http://gtmetrix.com/reports/www.pizzahut.com/7MCdOcHp

Re: PizzaHut still serves its first homepage

#50
When I ordered pizza, I was usually getting drunk, and just got a late call from someone who wanted to drop by.

I knew we needed some grub for the upcoming night of debauchery.(Yea, I was quite the charmer?)

Even now, I would rather have the original website, over the flashy current one. Sometimes less is more? Do I want to make more than a few decisions when ordering a pie--under the influence? I kind of liked calling--order--cash--bye bye.

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