BenDoherty
09-20-2002, 08:33 AM
Hi,
This is rather speculative and I haven’t got any real evidence and was rather curious more than anything. I was looking around United Colo's site (they have just released new server deals in the dedicated special offer forum) and thought that although it wasn’t a copy of anyone’s site that the general style and layout looked familiar, fonts, layout, bullet blocks etc.
I surfed on over to E.conintents, which did own efreeservers, or something similar, all part of some merger if my mind serves me right? Anyway, whilst surfing around there i also found some similar features to United Colo (the newest company).
For example, they both are based in San Francisco, CA not that this is evidence on its own they are the same company or some form of subsidiary. The general design etc fonts and such looks kind of the same. The SLA on both sites from II Taxes downwards is basically the same apart from the companies names, not that it is a crime, I am sure smaller companies uses larger ones to help them right their SLA.
The random pictures of FedEx, Vitria, Liberate, handspring and a few others appear on both sites as well. Also each section on both sites is done in sub domains. And things like the red arrows on the side of e-continents also appear on United Colo. Also the way on both sites the server’s page is done with the picture of the server and information under it looks similar. In my opinion there are some very real similarities between both the sites and the general situation. I am accusing neither company of copying one or the other, I would just like to know whether or not these companies have some form of relationship or even are both run by another company?
Kindest Regards
Ben
This is rather speculative and I haven’t got any real evidence and was rather curious more than anything. I was looking around United Colo's site (they have just released new server deals in the dedicated special offer forum) and thought that although it wasn’t a copy of anyone’s site that the general style and layout looked familiar, fonts, layout, bullet blocks etc.
I surfed on over to E.conintents, which did own efreeservers, or something similar, all part of some merger if my mind serves me right? Anyway, whilst surfing around there i also found some similar features to United Colo (the newest company).
For example, they both are based in San Francisco, CA not that this is evidence on its own they are the same company or some form of subsidiary. The general design etc fonts and such looks kind of the same. The SLA on both sites from II Taxes downwards is basically the same apart from the companies names, not that it is a crime, I am sure smaller companies uses larger ones to help them right their SLA.
The random pictures of FedEx, Vitria, Liberate, handspring and a few others appear on both sites as well. Also each section on both sites is done in sub domains. And things like the red arrows on the side of e-continents also appear on United Colo. Also the way on both sites the server’s page is done with the picture of the server and information under it looks similar. In my opinion there are some very real similarities between both the sites and the general situation. I am accusing neither company of copying one or the other, I would just like to know whether or not these companies have some form of relationship or even are both run by another company?
Kindest Regards
Ben