Re: Debian Vendor

[Don Armstrong <don@debian.org>]

On Sun, 10 Jun 2007, Runa Agate Sandvik wrote:
> To me it doesn't seem like a real vendor. Should I just leave it,
> contact the webmaster or add it?

It looks like a Chris Unger is multiplexing these sites; see:

$ whois linuxisos.de
[Holder]
Type:         PERSON
Name:         Chris Unger
Address:      Bruederstrasse 8
Pcode:        08412
City:         Werdau
Country:      DE
Changed:      2006-09-07T19:58:06+02:00

$ whois  freesoft-shop.de
[Holder]
Type:         PERSON
Name:         Chris Unger
Organisation: linuxisos.de
Address:      Kohlenstra?e 4
Pcode:        08432
City:         Steinpleis
Country:      DE
Changed:      2007-02-22T10:44:31+01:00

$ whois tuxonline-shop.de
[Holder]
Type:         PERSON
Name:         Chris Unger
Organisation: linuxisos.de
Address:      Kohlenstra?e 4
Pcode:        08432
City:         Steinpleis
Country:      DE
Changed:      2007-02-22T10:44:31+01:00

$ whois iso4linux.com
[owner-c] handle:            9190861
[owner-c] type:              PERSON
[owner-c] title:             
[owner-c] fname:             Ronny
[owner-c] lname:             Unger
[owner-c] org:               php-workx
[owner-c] address:           Altenzeller Str.10
[owner-c] city:              Dresden
[owner-c] pcode:             01069
[owner-c] country:           DE
[owner-c] state:             Sachsen
[owner-c] phone:             +49-351-41749976
[owner-c] fax:               +49-351-41749976
[owner-c] email:             ru@php-workx.de
[owner-c] protection:        B
[owner-c] updated:           2006-10-09 10:22:46


In fact, just looking, it's quite likely that a lot of these sites are
duplicates (or near duplicates) of eachother:

index.php/cPath/161_50 <-- shows up for the "debian" page alot

advanced_search_result.php?keywords=debian <-- as does this

I'm not sure how many of these are just the same site rolled again,
but it's quite possibly the case.

[The reason for doing so would of course be to increase the likelyhood
of someone ordering CDs using your front end.]

I have no idea how to consistently distinguish legitimately separate
businesses from mere duplicates, though.


Don Armstrong

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