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Web Hosting Industry Review: EV1Servers Underestimated Reaction
Mar 6, 2004, 13 :00 UTC (47 Talkback[s]) (12508 reads)
(Other stories by Karen Snider)

[ Thanks to Matt for this link. ]

"Web hosting firm EV1Servers' (ev1servers.net) decision to pay the SCO licensing fee has been misinterpreted, and EV1 would never intentionally harm the open source movement, EV1Servers CEO Robert Marsh told theWHIR yesterday.

"'This is a very difficult issue for us,' Marsh said. 'It is a huge disappointment to us that we would be thrown in the same bucket, so to say, with the SCO Group. We didn't make any admission that their IP was used in Linux. Our public position is certainly not to support that, and our intent was simply to take us out of the loop, not to make us public enemy number one...'"

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
"Any report that we made a cash payment ...   Giving in to blackmail   
Frank
Mar 6, 2004, 13:42:52  
EV1 was "surprised" at the reaction.EV1 ...   Let's see now.   
Burt
Mar 6, 2004, 13:47:04  
TS, head groveller. You crapped in your ...   Tough S**T   
Peter Yellman
Mar 6, 2004, 13:59:54  
>>Along with the PR backlash, Marsh said ...   Choose your friends carefully   
michael
Mar 6, 2004, 14:02:23  
Honestly what did you expect? Either you ...   you're just an idiot or a stooge, Marsh   
wildpossum
Mar 6, 2004, 14:02:35  
If the Head Surfer couldn't prognost ...   Silence, fool   
Simplicissimus
Mar 6, 2004, 14:04:41  
"The contract that we signed with SCO sp ...   Sue 'em!!   
Chrispy Chewy
Mar 6, 2004, 14:30:24  
Robert Marsh: "The contract that we sign ...   Will EV1Servers sue Sco?   
James Turner
Mar 6, 2004, 15:03:37  
I read somewhere that up to 25% of their ...   Boy, did they ever!   
Panik
Mar 6, 2004, 15:31:53  
There is no other way to control the wra ...   The only way is to undo it.   
Mario Miyojim
Mar 6, 2004, 15:49:47  
I've been a customer with EV1 for we ...   From an EV1 customer...   
EV1 Customer
Mar 6, 2004, 16:13:25  
So EV1Servers.net is now saying that ...   Is SCO using EV1Servers.net as cover?   
ljb
Mar 6, 2004, 16:37:26  
"We didn't make any admission that t ...   We did nothing wrong ?   
GH
Mar 6, 2004, 16:43:47  
Yes, this is just another way for MS tos ...   EV is a MS proxy, just like Baystar   
xxx
Mar 6, 2004, 16:54:57  
You might be dissapointed with the discl ...   You have just had a taste of thier treachery   
Peevit
Mar 6, 2004, 16:59:51  
You should not cast whores with SCO. Who ...   re: you have had a taste of their treachary   
GRH
Mar 6, 2004, 17:55:53  
I feel very sorry for EV1Servers, but it ...   A message needs to be sent   
Uno Engborg
Mar 6, 2004, 18:02:47  
Excellent. I've switched ISPs, and i ...   Re: From an EV1 customer...   
Paul
Mar 6, 2004, 18:07:01  
EV1 should sue SCO for breach of contrac ...   EV1 can sue SCO for breach of contract   
Alex Chejlyk
Mar 6, 2004, 18:11:16  
> Yes, this is just another way for MS t ...   Re: EV is a MS proxy, just like Baystar   
senkwe
Mar 6, 2004, 18:25:28  
EV1 has already gone on record as an MS ...   I don't believe him ...   
Darren
Mar 6, 2004, 18:33:35  
> "The contract that we signed with SCO ...   Re: Sue 'em!!   
SM
Mar 6, 2004, 18:38:14  
> "We didn't make any admission that ...   Re: We did nothing wrong ?   
SM
Mar 6, 2004, 18:50:45  
They're only sorry because they were ...   Didn't Hear any Redemption Plan?   
David D. Huff Jr.
Mar 6, 2004, 19:27:00  
The game for SCO Group has been to use t ...   The reason SCO talk about the EV1 deal   
Anon
Mar 6, 2004, 19:44:18  
Everyone makes mistakes. Most mistakes ...   make a larger donation to OSDL and all will be for   
ac
Mar 6, 2004, 19:49:32  
....."This is a very difficult issue for ...   Poor me. I'm just a victim.   
Brandioch Conner
Mar 6, 2004, 20:20:15  
What EV could have done was count up how ...   What EV could have done   
Joe Almeida
Mar 6, 2004, 20:41:16  
> TS, head groveller. You crapped in yo ...   Re: Tough S**T   
Chad
Mar 6, 2004, 20:55:52  
an ISP that makes most of its money host ...   Did you really expect...   
GreyGeek
Mar 6, 2004, 21:01:51  
This is the only thing to do here. And w ...   we need to help peoples who want to switch provide   
khim
Mar 6, 2004, 22:37:28  
If the EV1 case is consitent with all th ...   Re: What EV could have done   
SM
Mar 7, 2004, 01:33:24  
Give an ordinary CPA the mission to exam ...   It is easy--audit them   
Mario Miyojim
Mar 7, 2004, 04:18:40  
> This is the only thing to do here. And ...   Re: we need to help peoples who want to switch pro   
losfromla
Mar 7, 2004, 07:57:42  
Rackshack runs a MS front-end and until ...   How strange   
a.c.
Mar 7, 2004, 08:12:53  
I too have been an ev1 customer for over ...   Re: Re: From an EV1 customer...   
Greg Strockbine
Mar 7, 2004, 10:50:05  
I'd say that A judge should force SC ...   On the right track   
observer
Mar 7, 2004, 13:27:02  
> > "We didn't make any admission th ...   Re: Re: We did nothing wrong ?   
Adam
Mar 7, 2004, 15:19:41  
Please show me where the GPL governs ri ...   Re: Re: Re: We did nothing wrong ?   
SM
Mar 7, 2004, 22:01:03  
Looks like a (cluck)Smells like a (cluck ...   cluck, cluck, cluck   
Gregory Pittman
Mar 8, 2004, 02:33:52  
Bob,Assuming that there is heaven and he ...   heaven and hell   
Xunil Ung
Mar 8, 2004, 02:42:28  
Basically, EV1 situation is that they ha ...   EV1 hit twice with one bullet   
Xunil Ung
Mar 8, 2004, 02:50:57  
We are in the progress of getting a full ...   NEW RESPONSE   
Jason Macer
Mar 8, 2004, 04:30:44  
Now that you have no licence to use Linu ...   Open Message to EV1   
Gill Bates
Mar 8, 2004, 09:55:07  
A post on the SCOX yahoo investment boar ...   EV1 hosting for terrorists organisation   
inc_x
Mar 8, 2004, 15:32:31  
It is important to stay legal and come t ...   Re: NEW RESPONSE   
SM
Mar 8, 2004, 18:21:53  
Does this fall in line with building a c ...   Re: NEW RESPONSE   
Michael
Mar 29, 2005, 19:15:13  
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