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Exodus Files For Chapter 11 Protection

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the who's-protecting-your-online-data dept.

rit writes: "Albeit a bit expected, it is shocking to find that Exodus Communications has gone ahead and filed for bankruptcy. Exodus is one of the largest hosting facilities, and their major competitor, Above.net (owned by MetroMedia Fiber) is in pretty much the same boat ... circling the metaphorical drain of the dot-com world." Note that filing for protection from creditors while reorganizing is not the same as hanging up a big "closed" sign -- Exodus is still operating, and hopefully will be able to keep the LEDs turned on for a good long while (since Slashdot is hosted there).

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  1. /. Exodus by drodver · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If the /. effect takes hold maybe they don't deserve to stick around! :)

  2. Wow!!!!! by Wariac · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Note that filing for protection from creditors while reorganizing is not the same as hanging up a big "closed" sign

    Wariac

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    Remember it, write it down, take a picture, I dont give a fsck!
  3. Above.net by Ando[evilmedic] · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I know that two days ago all my packets headed to ICQ's (aol's) servers were hopping to Above.Net, and then just dieing.
    I had never seen that name before until then, and seeing that they may be going broke very soon is kinda interesting.

  4. Slashdot may be Moving... by jfroot · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I was just up in Vancouver visiting a managed hosting company called Roundheaven Communications. While I was signing in to receive my visitor pass I noticed the three individuals signed in before me marked their company down as Slashdot. I could not make out the names however because they were more or less unreadable.

  5. Not exactly... by mindstrm · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    TCP is designed to deal with loss, yes, but only loss due to congestion. When it encounters loss, it backs off. The problem is, if you get loss due to some other reason, like radio noise or a faulty unit, where congestion isn't the cause, tcp will just keep slowing down trying to fix the problem, when in fact, the best solution would be to just keep retrying without changing parameters.

    UDP, on the other hand.. just means they didn't want to rely on TCP's flow control. UDP does have error checking; there is a checksum in the IP header.
    It doesn't mean there is necessarily no error chekcing or retransmission.. it just means they did it their own way. OF course, I have no idea how the Everquest protocol actually works...

  6. mod this up its funny!!! by t0qer · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    mod this up its funny

    so is this...
    Lameness filter encountered. Post aborted!
    Reason: PLEASE DON'T USE SO MANY CAPS. USING CAPS IS LIKE YELLING!

  7. Oh Come On by nihilogos · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I'd love to see slashdot hosted on a 56K link out of Rob's bedroom.

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    :wq