The Alaska Server(serialport.org)
22 pointsby speckx4 hours ago1 comment
  • AnimalMuppet3 hours ago
    "Alaska" servers. "Alaska Arctic Power".

    From a company in Mexico.

    I mean, they may be perfectly good servers. Well, if it stood for a decade before failing, it's not just. I'm just having trouble seeing past the glaring naming non sequitur.

    • stackghost13 minutes ago
      "Alaska" carries reasonably strong connotations of ruggedness and durability, and probably the arctic associations are also beneficial if you want to sell a server advertised as "running cool", or whatever. It's just marketing.

      It's no different than Toyota manufacturing Tacoma trucks in Mexico, Hyundai making the Santa Fe in South Korea, or Boston Pizza and Swiss Chalet existing despite being Canadian companies and having nothing to do with either Boston or Switzerland.

    • ThePinion2 hours ago
      As an Alaskan I am both confused and amused.
    • 3 hours ago
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