Comments on: Videos from XS4ALL: Co-location and privacy http://echeng.com/journal/2009/04/23/videos-from-xs4all-co-location-and-privacy/ Eric Cheng's Journal Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:44:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Cor http://echeng.com/journal/2009/04/23/videos-from-xs4all-co-location-and-privacy/comment-page-1/#comment-3020478 Cor Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:47:53 +0000 http://echeng.com/journal/?p=2698#comment-3020478 <p>The first 5 years where was no change whatsoever as our contract with KPN made us fully autonomous. KPN themselves even prolonged that contract after those 5 years because they know that staying away from us is good for business.</p> <p>We have lost some of the free spirit, but it has nothing to do with KPN. It's because we went from 4 people in an attic to 350 people and a lot of bureaucracy. It's inevitable with growth.</p> The first 5 years where was no change whatsoever as our contract with KPN made us fully autonomous. KPN themselves even prolonged that contract after those 5 years because they know that staying away from us is good for business.

We have lost some of the free spirit, but it has nothing to do with KPN. It’s because we went from 4 people in an attic to 350 people and a lot of bureaucracy. It’s inevitable with growth.

]]> By: echeng http://echeng.com/journal/2009/04/23/videos-from-xs4all-co-location-and-privacy/comment-page-1/#comment-3020433 echeng Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:28:55 +0000 http://echeng.com/journal/?p=2698#comment-3020433 <p>Rogier - can you elaborate on XS4ALL "losing its free spirit mentality?"</p> <p>I'm told that XS4ALL still operates more or less autonomously. This is from Cor, one of the founders.</p> Rogier – can you elaborate on XS4ALL “losing its free spirit mentality?”

I’m told that XS4ALL still operates more or less autonomously. This is from Cor, one of the founders.

]]> By: Rogier http://echeng.com/journal/2009/04/23/videos-from-xs4all-co-location-and-privacy/comment-page-1/#comment-3020406 Rogier Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:34:07 +0000 http://echeng.com/journal/?p=2698#comment-3020406 <p>Cool, they were my very first isp in the early beginnings when we had to dial inn directly into their server in an attic somewhere in Amsterdam. Its a shame that XS4ALL later was bought by KPN loosing its free spirit mentality.</p> Cool, they were my very first isp in the early beginnings when we had to dial inn directly into their server in an attic somewhere in Amsterdam. Its a shame that XS4ALL later was bought by KPN loosing its free spirit mentality.

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