Unix did it! Simpsons did it, but software

A common theme I see on pages like hackernews and reddit is that many SAAS startups these days are just pretty frontends to things *nix systems have had for years. I did a duck duck go search for best SAAS startups and the first result was this article by SoftwareSuggest. I've never heard of SoftwareSuggest, but I assume their strategies for determining the best SAAS startups is as good as any. Here is my analysis (feel free to email me any honorary degrees and pulitzer prizes for this groundbreaking work that society definitely needed).

  1. 9Lenses: digital diagnostic tool that facilitates business consultants to prosper in a largely data-driven....... blah blah blah. this one wasn't unix
  2. Abydos Technologies: Big school management software— you got me here too not unix
  3. Accelo: enterprise software to automate professional services in the cloud — that sounds a lot like shell scrips on a shared system UNIX!
  4. Aeroleads: marketing software — not unix
  5. Appcues: interactive tutorials to improve usablility — man pages have been improving usability for about a billion years. UNIX!
  6. Troop Messenger: new irc chat UNIX!
  7. Applane Solutions: Process automation aka shell scripts UNIX!
  8. BetterCloud: did someone say cloud? that sounds like a shared machine with a little networking UNIX!
  9. BISON: bison? sounds alot like gnu. *NIX!
  10. Boomtrain: I didn't read the description but something in there said artificial intelligence. Use lisp... and use UNIX!
  11. BreatheHR: Human resources software. *nix people aren't known for being people people. not unix
  12. Bright Pattern: Contact center solution. See number 11
  13. BrightFunnel: predictive intelligence. see #10 UNIX!
  14. CallHippo: Virtual phone system. it's a shame that no phone corporation would ever have anything to do with unix... oh wait ATT INVENTED UNIX!
  15. Canvass: marketing software. not unix
  16. Chorus: “supportive saas startup software that delivers conversation intelligence” I don't know what that means, but I think making things up is decidedly UNIX!
  17. Clearbit: Business Intelligence. See 10 UNIX!
  18. Cognitev: artificially powered intelligence platform #10 UNIX!
  19. CompStak: real estate software. not unix
  20. CoSchedule: calendar app UNIX!
  21. CRMfusion: Sales automation software not unix except for the fact that it says it has a minimalist interface. That's a UNIX! move if I ever saw one

14/21 so far. I don't think I'll keep going. you get the idea

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