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EV1 Servers CEO Responds To Customers

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the this-can't-be-good dept.

Retalin writes "EV1 CEO Robert Marsh gave his customer base a written explanation for the purchase of his decision to purchase a SCO License late last night. The most interesting quote was this: "It has been argued by a Linux Journal reporter that I have essentially called the various GPL Linux developers plaugerists. This is false as I would never make such a claim against them. They are some of the brightest minds for whom I hold a great deal of respect.""

7 of 537 comments (clear)

  1. Re:What they did by MicktheMech · · Score: 0, Redundant

    CYA: Cover Your Ass.

  2. Re:What they did by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    CYA??? = Cover Your Ass :-).

  3. Re:Why he's an idiot (part 1 out of ...) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    The IP is 216.250.128.21!

  4. Umm Spell Check? by Eezy+Bordone · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Is a "plaugerist" anything like a plagiarist?

    --

    -EB

    Do you ever walk alone like a drifter in the dark?

  5. Re:It's money racketeering, plain and simple by cwlh · · Score: 0, Redundant
    It is always a temptation to a rich and lazy nation,

    To puff and look important and to say:--

    "Though we know we should defeat you, we have not the time to meet you.

    We will therefore pay you cash to go away."

    And that is called paying the Dane-geld;

    But we've proved it again and again,

    That if once you have paid him the Dane-geld

    You never get rid of the Dane.

  6. EV1 is also infringing my IP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Now I know EV1 is a pushover, I have sent them letters in the name of my company advising them that an unknown but substantial piece of software that they are running infringes on my IP

    I cannot reveal the nature of this software, but my company and I have identified thousands of pieces of it running on EV1's servers.

    As EV1 have not indicated to me that they are not running such software (and as with SCO, the burden of proof is obviously on EV1 duh) then I have no option but to request the payment of $1599 per deployment of my IP on their systems. This comes to a total of $65,900,000 (some of their machines are running multiple instances of my IP).

    All fees will be waived if they provide proof they are not running my IP, which I do not believe they will be able to do. I expect payment within 90 days. If payment is received, I will not take legal action against EV1.

  7. Re:There's a reason you're not a lawyer... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    > Please, Slashdot. Do try to beat that into your thick skulls

    Er...you're talking to a website? That's like...stupid and stuff.