From: Ulysees (Ulysees at domain ulysees.com)
Date: Tue 17 Sep 2002 - 10:41:08 IST
I think it's more the issue that they have been messing around for years,
and now that they are hosting their primary website outside of the country
is the final straw.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dermot Daly" <dermot.daly at domain itsmobile.com>
To: "ILUG" <ilug at domain linux.ie>
Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 10:46 AM
Subject: RE: [ILUG] RE: [ILUG][OT] IEDR drops linux web hosting
> Whats all this about ? Are you honestly suggesting boycotting the IEDR
> because they have chosen to run their systems on whatever
> harware/software they choose?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AJ McKee [mailto:aj.mckee at domain nmtbmedia.com]
> Sent: 17 September 2002 10:30
> To: ILUG
> Subject: [ILUG] RE: [ILUG][OT] IEDR drops linux web hosting
>
>
>
> >
> >I'm vaguely curious about how you'd boycott what is effectively a
> >monopoly with no (current, realistic) chance of a competing service?
>
> Waider, your right it would be very difficult to bycott the IEDR,
> however not impossible. Could eveyone just refuse outright to register
> anymore .ie's with them and register a complaint with ICAN? I like the
> idea of ARSE, but I think that is more of a radical left far extreme
> somewhere well over there move :-) Sorry Pron. Perhaps as a last resort
> something like that could be done.
>
> We would have to explain to the end user why we refuse to register
> .ie's. Of course this would leave us in no position as Eircom would
> still of course still register .ie's (Something to do with the brown
> paper envelopes) So any action would be futile.
>
> What about an axe the tax style campaign (Yes I know it did not work
> then)
>
> Cheers
> Aj
>
>
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