Um... after only surfing their webpage for 30 seconds I found this:
Aus den Statuten:
"Die Stiftung bezweckt, die nötigen Grundlagen für den wirksamen Gebrauch moderner Methoden der Teleinformatik im Dienste der Lehre und Forschung in der Schweiz zu schaffen, zu fördern, anzubieten, sich an solchen zu beteiligen und sie zu erhalten. Die Stiftung verfolgt weder kommerzielle Zwecke noch ist sie auf die Realisierung eines Gewinnes ausgerichtet." (Originalauszug aus der Stiftungsurkunde, Bern, 22. Oktober 1987)
So according to their own documents, they have no commercial interest (never laughed so hard).
Kind regards, Viktor
Stanislav Sinyagin wrote:
also got a similar email this morning.
On the SWITCH website, I couldn't find a clear not-for-profit statement. It says
that the organization is founded by several cantons and their Universities. I admit they could actually be a for-profit organization belonging to cantons -- same as cantonal banks, for example.
But we see a clear example of unfair advertising, and an obvious case for the anti-monopoly authorities.
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From: Martin Blapp mbr@freebsd.org To: "swinog@lists.swinog.ch" swinog@lists.swinog.ch Sent: Mon, July 12, 2010 4:01:52 PM
I remember that switch itself made years ago some policies to not use the dns root .ch for advertising. And unfortunatly that's exactly what happens here, IMHO this mail advertises nothing else than 'switch plus' and their services.
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