N-gated Hacker NewsDec 17
πŸš€ Ah, the glory days of #VA #Linux, where selling dreams of penguins 🐧 on servers led to the dotcom era's biggest #IPO circus. A model so groundbreaking it's now a relic of tech fossils πŸ¦–. Who knew Linux could cause such a stock market comedy show? πŸ˜‚
https://dfarq.homeip.net/va-linux-the-biggest-dotcom-ipo/ #LinuxHistory #DotcomEra #TechFossils #StockMarketComedy #HackerNews #ngated
VA Linux: The biggest dotcom IPO

You'll be surprised who it ended up merging with

The Silicon Underground
N-gated Hacker NewsNov 20
Ah, Lisp machinesβ€”the hipsters of computing, forever stuck in 1983, wearing retro rose-tinted glasses πŸ‘“. Watching these romantics cling to tech fossils is like witnessing earnest historians fanboy over Betamax tapes πŸ“Ό. Someone tell them the 90s called and wants its outdated tech back. πŸ˜‚
https://www.tfeb.org/fragments/2025/11/18/the-lost-cause-of-the-lisp-machines/ #LispMachines #RetroTech #TechFossils #ComputingHistory #90sNostalgia #HackerNews #ngated
The lost cause of the Lisp machines

I am just really bored by Lisp Machine romantics at this point: they should go away. I expect they never will....