Trouble at HavenCo?

[Trei, Peter]

Sunder sent me a better link...

http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/5059676.htm

Peter

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> From: 	Trei, Peter
> Sent: 	Tuesday, August 05, 2003 10:14 AM
> To: 	'cypherpunks at lne.com'
> Subject: 	Trouble at HavenCo?
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> Has 'haven' for questionable sites sunk?
> 
> By Declan McCullagh
> Staff Writer, CNET News.com
> August 4, 2003, 1:38 PM PT
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> LAS VEGAS--A widely publicized 
> project to transform a platform in 
> the English Channel into a "safe 
> haven" for controversial Web 
> businesses has failed due to 
> political, technical and management 
> problems, one of the company's 
> founders said.
> 
> Ryan Lackey, former chief technology 
> officer of HavenCo, said on Sunday 
> afternoon that he left the project 
> because his business partners 
> had become nervous about 
> hosting objectionable material 
> and were leading the company 
> toward financial ruin, with only 
> about six customers remaining.