SCO Identifies EV1Servers as Linux Licensee

jasonhamilton writes "EV1Servers.net has been identified as a Linux licensee, giving them the dubious title of being the first dedicated hosting company to have a licence agreement with SCO. Rather than 'eliminating uncertainty from our clients' hosting infrastructure', as Robert Marsh (CEO of EV1Servers) claims, some users of EV1 appear to be somewhat upset."

Their other accolade:

[Trigun]

Being the most gullibile company ever incorporated.

You can pick up your award at /dev/null

and the next headline is...

[chrisopherpace]

Linux Users Identify EV1Servers as Dumbasses

Not again...

[NeoGeo64]

More SCO news? I reckon they're getting desperate [arie.org].

Re:Boycott EV1Servers

[irokitt]

Better yet, let's Slashdot them!

EV1 users upset...

[Anonymous Coward]

...at the fact that they suddenly can no longer access the support forums to complain of this affront to legal decency.

You want me to Refresh?

[Johnny_Law]

Warning: mysql_connect(): Too many connections in /var/www/html/admin/db_mysql.php on line 40 There seems to have been a slight problem with the database. Please try again by pressing the refresh button in your browser. You want me to what? Well if you insist...

slashdotted

[Doug Merritt]

Better yet, let's Slashdot them!

That happened well over twelve seconds ago, where have you been???

Suggested mottos

[ackthpt]

"EV1 Servers - Passing The Savings On To The Customer"

"SCO - Playing The Chump Card As Long As We Can"

There seems to have been a slight problem....

[Fishstick]

This is the funniest thing I've seen this week. A slashdotting described as "a slight problem with the database"


Warning: mysql_connect(): Too many connections in /var/www/html/admin/db_mysql.php on line 40

There seems to have been a slight problem with the database.
Please try again by pressing the refresh button in your browser.
An E-Mail has been dispatched to our Technical Staff, who you can
also contact if the problem persists.

We apologise for any inconvenience.

Re:There seems to have been a slight problem....

[Shakrai]

This is the funniest thing I've seen this week. A slashdotting described as "a slight problem with the database"

Think they are really getting an e-mail with each failed attempt? Poor bastards.

Re:You want me to Refresh?

[phil reed]

Don't forget: An E-Mail has been dispatched to our Technical Staff, who you can also contact if the problem persists.. Not only is their web server melting down, but if this message is accurate, their mail server just exploded.

Now that they've paid their $699 licensing fee...

[Anonymous Coward]

Are they still cock-smoking teabaggers?

Good to see small guys win

[Anonymous Coward]

Even though most of the Slashdotters are opposed to intellectual property, few of them want to move to Russia or Malaysia, where such behavior is well-respected.

Good to see that SCO is finally getting what it deserves. McBride brought this Linux company out of 50c/share hell into well-respected player in open source community.

They WERE the first...

[Roached]

Warning: mysql_connect(): Too many connections in /var/www/html/admin/db_mysql.php on line 40

It appears they are no longer a dedicated hosting company...

We can't protect you...

[Cheap Imitation]

(mobster voice) You know, you sign an agreement with SCO, we can't protect you, you know? Things happen. Geeks get riled up. Servers get Slashdotted...

It'd be a shame to see that happen to a nice little company like yours... (/mobster voice)

Tongue-in-cheek, folks!

Re:There seems to have been a slight problem....

[orkysoft]

It seems like the Technical Staff will have a slight problem with their inbox too ;-)

Re:Boycott EV1Servers

[Bull999999]

Too late, I can't even RTFA now.

Re:Their other accolade:

[IWorkForMorons]

Wouldn't that require SCO to have money left over after this is done?

Re:There seems to have been a slight problem....

[carrowood]

You gotta especially love the part about refreshing... That always helps during a good ole slash-dotting ;-)

They forgot the mantra

[DoofusOfDeath]

Repeat after me, EV1Servers people...

"We don't negotiate with terrorists..."
"We don't negotiate with terrorists..."
"We don't negotiate with terrorists..."
"We don't negotiate with terrorists..."

I wish people would remember that... :)

Re:My letter to them today (sent a few hours ago)

[Takara]

It'll only take about 10 seconds to identify your message and send out a template reply. Instead, head over to ev1server's live support [ev1servers.net] and waste their time too.

EV1 further announces a new acquisition

[Anonymous Coward]

In an effort to provide our customers the highest levels of service and investors the highest returns on investment, EV1 proudly announces our acquisition of the Brooklyn Bridge. In an exclusive bidding, EV1 acquired the bridge for approximately 25 million dollars, well below the projected market rates. EV1 expects revenue from bridge tolls to fund further purchasing of SCO licenses and fund expansion of our world-class MSCE support staff.

liscense question

[happyfrogcow]

So if SCO's GPL liscense has been revoked (atleast for nmap or whatever software package it was last week), and they sell their liscense to someone else, is that third party's GPL liscense also revoked since they are trying to apply a different liscense to GPL code?

IANA(i am not anything)

Re:Their other accolade:

[Eraser_]

Popular opinion, and some basic arithmetic, seems to indicate that when this is over, SCO proper is going to be flat broke, and Darl McBride, his team of lawyers, and other key people, are going to be living it up out of the country, from banks which don't keep names on file. A company in bankruptcy is easily dissolved. Contracts? I don't see any SCO Group.

You can almost see the first wire transfer or briefcase of cash being flown to Switzerland. I would like my withdrawl in used unmarked bills, please. Could you also make out that cashiers check to Tin Foil Hats, Inc.

Re:My letter to them today (sent a few hours ago)

[SeinJunkie]

Kindest Regards XXXX XXXX CTO - XXX Xxxxxxxxx

Your name sounds familiar... Did you ever stop at a service center on the Ohio Turnpike?

Re:Their other accolade:

[budhaboy]

You could always wait a few years and hawk the license on ebay...

The law of supply and demand suggests that since they made very few of them, someone, somewhere may actually pay for copy.

They're still up!

[El]

ev1servers.net [slashdot.org] 1666 Active Browsing Users... and climbing! Personally, I think I'll keep hitting "refresh" just to watch the slashdot effect in action!

Wink wink...

[lacrymology.com]

Ahhh, I see... slashdot wanted us to "visit" EV1Servers so that we could see how its users are upset over their sleeping with the devil. Very informative... ...wink wink,
nudge nudge,
say no more.

-m

Re:Oh well..

[HermDog]

Well, OK, but why can't they throw their money at me?

Focus change suggestion...

[RyanFenton]

Just a suggestion to make the best of a bad situation: Alter the name slightly to "Ev1lServers" and market to supervillains. It's a tight market, but if you've got salespeople willing to check hollowed-out volcanos and old missile silos and the like, they've got mountains of under-utilised capitol. Just make sure you get as much money as you can up-front - they're prone to dissolve without warning despire their large resource base, or to kill your salespeople once the product is delivered. But with names like SCO and Ev1lServers, it's hard to go wrong!

[The above is not intended as real advice - I feel compelled to mention this because their company actually did get an SCO license]

Ryan Fenton

To: [e-mail]

[Dark Lord Seth]

Subject: Business opportunity.

Dear friends,

I am Seth. Just Seth. From god, to Kane, to Seth. I'm his right hand and I've got a business opportunity for you. You see, back in 1972, I have patented RAM memory. Allot of people realized how great my idea was and promptly started ripping me off. I assure you however that I am the logal patent holder for RAM memory but I'm not going to show anyone. From this day forth i would like to use this to claim some minor royalties. I would like $ 499,98 per megabyte of SDRAM, $ 799,98 per megabyte of DDR SDRAM and $ 10 per kilobyte of EEPROM. I will accept these royalties in unmarked 1000 ( one thousand ) dollar bills, left in non-descript paper bags behind the dumpter, next Wednesday.

Thank you, for your time and for respecting my patent.

PS,
I will be in touch in a few days regarding my patents for boolean values, macros, flash memory, DVDs and 19" rackmount cases. I assure you that I am the sole parent holder of all these items but I won't show anyone. Again, thank you for your time.

Sincerily,
Seth

Re:Not so...

[orkysoft]

Basically what they paid for insurance.

Nice little hosting business you have here. It would be a shame if an unfortunate accident were to befall it...

Re:There seems to have been a slight problem....

[Anonymous Coward]

Is daisy-chained slashdotting the new kind of slashdotting ??

First we take the database server, then we take the mailserver... :)

Somewhat upset

[Anonymous Coward]

...some users of EV1 appear to be somewhat upset.

Well, it's kinda like finding out that your business partners are working with the Mafia, isn't it?

Re:and the next headline is...

[NightSpots]

The next question is: where's the list of non-SCO compliant hosting providers?

www.2advanced.net [2advanced.net]- IBM hardware, no SCO licenses.

Anyone else? :)

It just goes to show you...

[Greasy Spoon]

...that even a blind squirrel can find a nut from time to time...

Re:There seems to have been a slight problem....

[Stonent1]

Please try again by pressing the refresh button in your browser.

Slashdotting tip: Make sure to hold down CTRL while repeatedly clicking refresh so that it REALLY tries to refresh off their server (and in turn throws more gasoline on the fire)

Re:This customer: Taking it in stride

[RobertB-DC]

I don't know you and you don't know me, and there is a slim chance in hell that I'll be able to find out where you live. But I might, you know. So, based on your policy of paying off bullies, please send me $1000, and maybe I will not find you and take a dump on your front lawn. But then again, maybe I will... Pleas send the money soon...

Well, the carrot has to be proportional to the stick. In our case, I don't think we'd be able to distinguish your "presents" from those left by the five horses, five dogs plus strays, four cats plus suitors, and the occasional duck.

Though I might pay $1.00 to see you come and try it... those five dogs can get rather testy at times, especially the big one.

Great Advertising!

[Maple Syrup]

I know that I really really REALLY want to have my hosting company be one that fails under a slashdotting ...

[/sarcasm]

Re:Their other accolade:

[WankersRevenge]

I keep hearing this ... how IBM is gonna distingrate them, but at the end of the day, I'm still reading about SCO success stories. When will this supposed execution take place? 'Cause right now, whenever I hear these statements, I keep thinking of the Iraqi Information Minister.

Re:Their other accolade:

[mOdQuArK!]

When SCO loses and immediately files bankruptcy because they've spent far more on lawyers then they have taken in in revenue, it might be just a little difficult for anybody to get money out of them...

Maybe claimants can figure out a way to sue the lawyers...ahhhh, what a nice daydream...

Re:Arggh...

[j-turkey]

So you're saying that if I claimed to own the Brooklyn Bridge and tried to collect tolls from the public for using it, that would be legal?

Legal or not, I can see EV1 eating that up:

To whom it may concern:

I am writing concerning the announcement of your ownership and subsequent tolls on the Brooklyn Bridge. We here at EV1 take property claims seriously and would like to make your collection from us as easy as possible. Are there any back-tolls that we can pay you for over past years? Any penalties, fees, interest, etc?

Also, please let me know if you know anyone who is selling any prime beachfront property in Arizona.

Regards,
Robert Marsh (CEO of EV1Servers)

Re:Boycott EV1Servers

[cant_get_a_good_nick]

If they're running Linux on anything (desktop, server, game cube, vibrating butt plug - it's been ported, whatever)

I for one am very glad I've switched from Microsoft vibrating butt-plug to a Linux butt-plug. I used to get BSODs 2 or 3 times a day with the Microsoft one, and hitting Ctrl-Alt-Del on that by yourself is no fun trick I tell you. It's funny how few of my geek friends would help me reset it either... weird.

EV1specializes in porno hosting

[Animats]

• EV1 Servers provides low-cost dedicated servers for adult Webmasters

  ... "Adult customers represent a significant proportion of EV1Servers' user base," he says. "I can't give you exact stats, because we don't review and rate content hosted on our network. But I can tell you that adult users are highly valued members of our community." -- Robert Marsh, EV1 CEO.

Ref: Host4Porn.com [hosts4porn.com]

EV1 even links to that article. [ev1servers.net]

Re:ads for ev1

[Anonymous Coward]

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Tell that to Michael Jackson.

Re:Great Advertising!

[Pharmboy]

You are correct. They have lots of pipe, and lots of servers. Their DB may be /.ed but you can't really slashdot their whole system, no matter how hard we tried.

But as a CUSTOMER of EV1, I am pissed that my box is now a "legally licensed SCO product". How can I possibly live this down???

Re:Boycott EV1Servers

[CondorDes]

iptables -I INPUT -s 207.218.192.0/18 -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-host-prohibited

'Nuff said.

Re:There seems to have been a slight problem....

[Maserati]

I"m gonna watch their WebCams [ev1servers.net] and look for smoke. Looks like Data Center 3 is off the air.

Re:Irritating Hyperbole

[Valdrax]

Still, we need a word for this... "Fearist?" hmm, too pansey...

Bully? Extortionist? Liar? Sower of FUD? Marketing executive
We already have plenty of words for this kind of scum.

Re:Their other accolade:

[Anonymous Coward]

Wanna know something really funny? I used to WORK for them. I was let go in 3 months(ok, so I'm crappy @ tech support..oh well), but hey, as it turns out, it seems they were a crap company anyway...gullable bastards, too...lol Crazy work environment...for a bit there when I was working, the language on the tech floor was anything BUT professional...they even had to post fliers about it..they never really trained anyone, per se...sink or swim environment, really...me and a friend got ousted not much later than we were hired, guess we got sunk..lol They hire just about every kind of person under the sun, not just professionals...makes for an interesting work environment. Don't think they'll go out of buisness, though. They've got plenty of pron sites they serve up ;) They'll be quite profitable till the pronmasters jump ship...don't think they'll care about this SCO crap, though, so I don't think they'll jump anytime soon. The ppl, with some exceptions, are pretty cool to work with. Ok, moderators..mod away...lol

Re:Irritating Hyperbole

[kfg]

Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt.

So call them Fearists instead. It's kinda like terrorism lite.

KFG

Boycott? That's easy!

[lullabud]

Boycott EV1? That shouldn't be hard. Until a few minutes ago I had no idea who they were.

Re:There seems to have been a slight problem....

[tanguyr]

There seems to have been a slight problem with the database.

Please try again by pressing the refresh button in your browser.


i tried that but it didn't seem to help much...

Re:There seems to have been a slight problem....

[Anonymous Coward]

First we take the database server, then we take the mailserver... :) ...then we take the women?

Re:Great Advertising!

[BuckaBooBob]

I hope they lose a substancial amount of business over this.. and know why.. I can see it now...."Yeah accounting.. You know that check we issued for SCO... Put a Stop Payment on it :)"... Then Shortly after there after "And in our recent news.. Since we Put a stop payment order on our check to sco.. Not only did we regain all of our customers we lost.. but we also showed a 50% increase in business... Guess People really like to see SCO getting yanked around" :)

Re:There seems to have been a slight problem....

[Cruciform]

Please try again by pressing the refresh button in your browser.

Translation: Since we're already flat on our backs, why not give us a nice hard kick in the nuts to make sure we stay down :)

Re:Great Advertising!

[Tony-A]

But as a CUSTOMER of EV1, I am pissed that my box is now a "legally licensed SCO product". How can I possibly live this down???

It's worse. If the German logic holds, you now can be sued by SCO because you now have a legally licensed SCO product.

Re:There seems to have been a slight problem....

[nightterror]

I really like the ad at the top of the webcam page. "Nothing beats our racks" *except a SLIGHT slashdot surge*

Re:There seems to have been a slight problem....

[jmpresto_78]

"The little lights aren't twinkling Clark..."

"I know Art... and thanks for noticing"
(xmas vacation)
Ha!

Re:Great Advertising!

[vwjeff]

Since this company decided to pay the license, SCO may correct that their IP was leaked into Linux. We really should take them seriously since (slaps self in face) Help!!! Help!!! (Head bashes on desk)

Sorry about the previous comments. My evil twin was in control. I am back now. F#%$ SCO!!!!

Re:There seems to have been a slight problem....

[tkg]

...then we take the women?

Dream on geek boy.

Re:Their other accolade:

[dzelenka]

You could just frame it and put it next to the "Customer Service Award" from Enron that you bought on eBay last year.

Careful!

[Hiigara]

"vBulletin Message"

"Due to a recent slashdot article related to SCO, the forums are experiencing an extremely high number of connections, we are actively working on upgrading the servers and should be able to restore some order shortly."

Behave yourselves!

The last thing we need is a CNN Headline: Linux Users DDoS SCO's first bitch. :)

Re:EV1Servers.net was known as Rackshack.net

[BRSQUIRRL]

LOL, I know why they changed the name...they desparately need to rediscover rack-mounted servers [ev1servers.net]...

Ah...nothing says "professional hosting outfit" like Home Depot shelving with tower cases piled on them and some switches sitting on top. :)

Re:Their other accolade:

[scotch]

I'm surprised the SEC hasn't been sicced

(sic) on their asses ....

Sorry, couldn't resist.

Re:There seems to have been a slight problem....

[SeanAhern]

Think they are really getting an e-mail with each failed attempt? Poor bastards.

Especially if it's hooked up to their pagers...

Re:Users definetly upset.

[mosch]

I'm a colo customer at ev1servers, and I'm now forced to look at alternate solutions. I don't like to engage in the hypocracy of supporting something I agree with, simply because it's convenient, so I really have no choice. In the end, I'm such a small customer that ev1 probably won't care that I left, but surely there's somebody else out there who can spend my $200/mo on something good, like beer, instead of giving it to SCO.

CONSPIRACY THEORY

[Karem Lore]

To me you only have to look at the name of the company to know where this is coming from:

EV1Servers.Net
Uh-huh, you guessed it...Balmer is balmy, Gates is [are] open. The .net crowd is paying the SCO FUD propoganda...

Better name

[Anonymous Coward]

EVi1Servers.net