[sllug-members]: OT: Aros.net

[Mac Newbold]

Today at 10:50am, Russ said:

> Can anyone give the lowdown on whats happening over at Aros.net. My work
> hosts our email and website there and its been down almost all weekend (it
> was up Sunday). And I'm hearing rumblings around the blogosphere that
> they've kicked the bucket. Can anyone confirm/deny this?
> BTW, We've called XMission and have begun switching over, so this is just
> for my information, or to inform any current customers of Aros on the list,
> also.

There was an article in the Deseret News recently:

http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,660196318,00.html

Then later I heard someone say that they are officially filing bankruptcy 
today. Word on the street is that they're starting back up with a clean 
slate and a new name, but the same broken management team that sunk them 
this time. If you had hardware colocated with them, it apparently has been 
moved to Holladay, though I don't know the address. Some people were 
discussing in IRC in #xmlounge at ircd.xmission.com about how to find them 
or get in touch with them to get the hardware back.

XMission has been flooded with Aros refugees, and I think that's the smart 
move at this point. If anyone wants to tell XMission that Code Greene 
referred you, that would be appreciated too. I've been a very happy 
customer of theirs for years, for dialup, multiple DSLs, a variety of web 
hosting accts, and colocation, and I can recommend them without hesitation 
to almost anyone.

For what it's worth, there's someone on the list who does or did work for 
Aros, but I don't know how much they are able or willing to share at this 
point. And they might not want a bunch of flames and hate mail (like if 
this got forwarded to the PLUG list or something).

Thanks,
Mac

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