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Did EV1, at any time in the last twelve months, receive from Microsoft, directly, or indirectly, any cash or payments in any form or rebates or discounts, separate from server licensing?

Any rebates or discounts on server licensing?

Any payments for advertising or marketing?

Any of the above from any other party which included Microsoft in any conversation or documentation?

Is EV1 paying the "everyone pays the same price" license costs for Microsoft servers? Or is EV1 paying a different price? What is the difference.

To put it more bluntly,

Some users have also <A HREF="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1738&ncid=1738&e=16&u=/zd/20040303/tc_zd/120703" TITLE="yahoo.com">suggested</a yahoo.com> that EV1Servers is trying to move its users to Windows Server 2003 platforms. They note that Server 2003 is already EV1Server's least-expensive option for Web hosting. Others add that the company co-operated with Microsoft in the fall of 2003 to create a case study that showed Microsoft Solution for Windows-based Hosting version 2.0 combined with Automated Deployment Services (ADS) Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition enabled EV1Servers to deliver faster Web-site deployments than Linux. This study is also available in Microsoft's anti-Linux "Get The Facts on Windows and Linux" Web site.

Are you benefitting in any way from payments, discounts, rebates, or in any other form from Microsoft, directly or indirectly, from a lower price on server licensing, or from any other benefit that started or increased within the last twelve months?


 

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