Maddog's New Hampshire "Unix" Plate Turns 20

An anonymous reader writes "Local newspaper talks to Linux International's Jon 'maddog' Hall, who lives in New Hampshire, and who since 1989 has had a 'Live Free or Die' UNIX license plate — a real one, not a conference hand-out — on his Jeep. From the story: 'The day he installed the UNIX plates, he went early to work at DEC's office on Spit Brook Road in Nashua, to be sure to get the parking space right next to the door used by all the Unix engineers. He watched them come in and, one after another, do a double take at seeing the real-world version of the famous fake plate. "People would race in and yell, 'Who is it? Whose plate is it?!?'" Hall said. It was his then and it is his now. After 20 years, one suspects you will have to pry it from his cold, dead fingers.'"

Comments

Re:Most don't understand the license plate motto

[Zero__Kelvin]

They are both Police States. Each has its pros and cons. Both are definitely better than Florida in this regard, but between the two, I think it is a matter of where you live in each State, and what particular freedoms you wish to exercise that you will be imprisoned for exercising.

Re:Exactly how many are there...?

[TheoMurpse]

Referencing Halo isn't nerdy. It's what frat boys did when I was in college.