Positive Internet

Positive Internet

infobox company
company_name = The Positive Internet Company Ltd.
company_
company_type = Private Limited
company_slogan = We're good
foundation = 1998
location = London, England
key_people = Nicholas Mailer, Joachim Jellinek, Tom Cordiner
industry = Internet & Communications
services = Web hosting
homepage = http://positive-internet.com/

The Positive Internet Company Ltd is a Web hosting service provider in the United Kingdom. It was the first UK LAMP only hosting company, starting on 18 November 1998 and is known for its distinctive giraffe branded logo and its slogan: "We're good".

Initially providing only shared web hosting, Positive Internet has grown its portolio of services to include dedicated and managed Linux servers. It won the Best Linux/Open Source ISP/Internet Host at the 2006 Linux and Open Source Awards. [cite news
title = Association news
work = ALT News
publisher = Association for Learning Technology
date = 2006-11-17
url = http://www.alt.ac.uk/news_detail.php?nid=160
accessdate = 2008-01-13]

Notable hosted sites

In February 2006 Positive Internet hosted the "Ricky Gervais Show" podcast, which was officially recognised by The Guinness Book of Records as the most downloaded show. They also how "Stephen Fry's Podgrams" another successful podcast.

The company supports a number of free software projects, including the hosting of a Debian distribution mirror, Richard Stallman's website, and the British Film Institute. In July 2007 they became host to science journalist Ben Goldacre's popular website, Bad Science.cite web
last = Goldacre
first = Ben
authorlink = Ben Goldacre
coauthors =
title = Positive Internet are the new gods * * * hot badscience 2.0 action
work =
publisher = Bad Science
date = 2007-07-11
url = http://www.badscience.net/?p=446
format =
doi =
accessdate = 2007-09-19]

References

External links

* [http://www.positive-internet.com/ Positive Internet]


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