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    EV1Servers "regrets SCO deal"

    http://slashdot.org/articles/04/03/2...tid=187&tid=88
    http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/...nsee%20_1.html

    "I certainly know a lot more today than I knew a month ago, in a lot of respects." (Marsh said)

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    To me it seems as if he's regreting it because he didn't know the affect it would have on the open source community pretty much boycotting his business.... Well, that's the kind of stuff you need to research doing a thing like this.

    Note: What gets me is I thought many people who dealt with SCO would sign a confidentiality agreement, that definately wasn't the case here. That leads me to believe they wanted the news to get out, hoping it would be good publicity, but it turned around to bite them.
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    It's all advertising.
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    I don't believe it has anything to do with advertising, it was a high risk gamble and it's backfiring bigtime.

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    Well, according to the article, it's not backfiring that bigtime. Robert Marsh said the losses are just as during a regular month.
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    Originally posted by Watcher_TVI
    I don't believe it has anything to do with advertising, it was a high risk gamble and it's backfiring bigtime.
    To say the least!

    I think Robert will turn this one around, if not, I strongly feel this could cost him everything.

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    Originally posted by mno
    Well, according to the article, it's not backfiring that bigtime. Robert Marsh said the losses are just as during a regular month.
    ... of course, because you hear CEO's all the time, admit publically, "Yeah, we're losing a ton of customers and it isn't looking real pretty right now".

    Of course.

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    Call me cynical, but it sounds to me like they got all the advertising when they announced the deal, now they're getting all the advertising (and goodwill back from the gullible) after they've said "sorry".
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    Listen, any business relying on Linux to make a buck has a right to be concerned about SCO.

    Now the rest of us can just laugh and say that SCO doesn't have a case in the world, but that's not to say that they're not going to win. I truly believe that EV1 entered into a relationship with SCO to protect their interests and thereby protect the interests of its customers. I think that a lot of web hosts at EV1 probably sighed a little bit of relief at the announcement.

    I too agree that EV1 shouldn't have entered into any kind of relationship with SCO, and I'm glad that Robert now claims to regret it. SCO's actions against the GPL are disgusting and companies like EV1 should stand up to them until there is absolutely no other choice.

    This isn't going to be the end of EV1, though, that's just silly. Most of the people claiming to pack up and move because of the deal are either full of it, not running a business, or just slashdotters having some fun. It'll probably cost em a few servers though, and good, that'll teach em!

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    Listen, any business relying on Linux to make a buck has a right to be concerned about SCO.
    Yep, that's the FUD machine working exactly as planned.
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    but that's not to say that they're not going to win

    No, really, they're not going to win

    Even if they did, it wouldn't affect the vast majority of people anyway (i.e. anyone running newer kernels?).

    I'm not completely up to date on the lawsuit so someone will probably correct me...
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    it very simple. he wanted to cause a buzz so he did this stupid thing with SCO so can sell servers for his new Data Center. it is sad that people have stoop to this level. anyway, i DON'T support ev1 anymore so i am moving to server matrix. BAD move ev1

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    Create a buzz, and have quite a few of his clients leave him?.....Yah, thats a sound business decision...
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    http://forums.ev1servers.net/showthr...threadid=43486
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    Giving an equal amount of money (or more) to one of the Linux funds to help battle SCO would show real action. And it wouldn't invalidate his SCO contracts.

    Otherwise it's just lips flapping.
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    Originally posted by slack
    Now the rest of us can just laugh and say that SCO doesn't have a case in the world, but that's not to say that they're not going to win. I truly believe that EV1 entered into a relationship with SCO to protect their interests and thereby protect the interests of its customers.
    You really think so for protecting the interests of its customers. I think more like to protect his deep pocket. With the # of its customers and servers, extreme overselling bandwidth, minimium wage tech support and staffs, and the only company I have known to charge taxes on all non-TX residents around the world in Houston that I have done business with. You can imagine how much he has made over years. So if one day, someone with a lawyer, they tell you that they are going to sue you and if they win, they will get a large portion of his profits over years plus penality added on, after all, they did buy the intellectual properties, they gave him a deep discount if he paid, yeah, it may be just 1 or 2 million that's just a month or 2 from the operation, but you know how much he has made from us over years, if he or his company loses, he could pay up to 10 times more than that, so he paid. Now of course he said sorry for 2 reasons, first to win back suckers like me to keep joining and staying with the company; second, he did regret because now he knows more about what really SCO owned and claims to own, in most people opinion, SCO is going to lose and he could have saved millions!

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    Originally posted by mno
    Well, according to the article, it's not backfiring that bigtime. Robert Marsh said the losses are just as during a regular month.
    Thought I read they normally lose about 1000 accounts a month and this last month they lost 1800, that's an 80% increase, and that's a pretty big increase if you asked me. I also don't think they're out of the woods yet as it takes some people awhile to get moved out of there.
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    Originally posted by mno
    It's all advertising.
    bingo, any publicity is good publicity
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    Are we talking 1000 servers here or what??

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    Originally posted by SpiritAu
    Are we talking 1000 servers here or what??
    EV1Servers.Net joins other Fortune 1000 companies that have signed up for a SCO IP license, which was initially offered in August 2003. EV1Servers.Net is one of the world's leading dedicated server providers, with more than 20,000 servers under management.
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    Originally posted by SpiritAu
    Are we talking 1000 servers here or what??
    no it is 1080 server.

    honestly with all respect he deserve it, they should have asked the clients if they are intrested in what they call it protection.

    NO they were not and they moved out, and where to ohh ok they moved to SM with the good offers they got on the 2.8.

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    The article says 1800 sites, not servers. That's a big difference.

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    I personally feel that Marsh should be happy to rid himself of anyone that is willing to move their business over a licensing dispute that does not directly concern them.

    On that note, I feel bad for the customers of the providers that leave EV1 over such asinine nonsense.

    Should EV1 have paid off SCO? No. Should anyone except EV1 and SCO themselves be concerned about this? Again, no.

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    well i think buying the sco licenses was a smart move. so a few idiots left ev1 for an issue that doesent affect them. good riddance to them. ev1 was on every headline of every nerd site the day the sco stuff was released. for the idiots who left ev1, 1000 more customers took your place. buying the sco license was #1 a safe move just incase #2 damn good publicity
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    They won't care if they've lost a few more accounts - They gained far more in terms of advertising than $1m worth, I'd put it more like $20m+ worth of free publicity for just $1m outlay - Now that's good marketting, you can say what you like about Mr Marsh, but he isn't stupid, just very shrewd, I'd certainly spend $1m to get $20m in advertising, even if it did loose a few more customers in than normal in the process - As the advertising will brin gin far more new customers than left in the first place.
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    Originally posted by KDAWebServices
    They won't care if they've lost a few more accounts - They gained far more in terms of advertising than $1m worth, I'd put it more like $20m+ worth of free publicity for just $1m outlay - Now that's good marketting, you can say what you like about Mr Marsh, but he isn't stupid, just very shrewd, I'd certainly spend $1m to get $20m in advertising, even if it did loose a few more customers in than normal in the process - As the advertising will brin gin far more new customers than left in the first place.
    Where did folks get that EV1 paid SCO 1 million dollars?

    Also let's not forget that if that is the amount paid, then it would most probably be paid over a time period, and not all in 1 hit.

    IMO, EV1 got the licence/s dirt cheap, so that SCO could trumpett all over the net that they got a customer! lol.

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