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Re:System loads web pages 34 percent faster by fetching file... by naasking on Monday December 19, 2016 @12:04AM (#13209579)
Argh, don't people Google names before using them? Polaris was HP's virus-safe Windows project:

http://www.hpl.hp.com/techreports/2004/HPL-2004-221.html

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Re:System loads web pages 34 percent faster by fetching file... by manarth on Monday December 19, 2016 @05:56AM (#13210675)
The quintessential hardest problem in IT: naming things.

Polaris is also a missile. And a star. And a PowerPC port of Solaris.

We're always going to have name duplication. At least it's fairly easy to disambiguate with a Google search.

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Re:System loads web pages 34 percent faster by fetching file... by Ar-Curunir on Monday December 19, 2016 @03:58AM (#13210326)
So... completely unrelated to this project's aim?
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