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Unimog – Cloudflare’s edge load balancer

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Re: Unimog – Cloudflare’s edge load balancer

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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

Re: Unimog – Cloudflare’s edge load balancer

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post #2

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

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.

Re: Unimog – Cloudflare’s edge load balancer

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post #2

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

As long as they're not going to release it it shouldn't be a problem I'd think.

Re: Unimog – Cloudflare’s edge load balancer

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post #3
post #2

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

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.

> 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..."

Re: Unimog – Cloudflare’s edge load balancer

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post #2

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

Even the truck in the icon is quite similar to the actual Unimog [1]

[1] https://www.trucksnl.com/pictures/ad-4975423-3e65dbb49baea18...