On Rackspace's website you can find this paragraph:

"As the fastest growing managed hosting specialist in the world, Rackspace is recognized time and again for excellence in service and innovation. These awards and recognition clearly demonstrate Rackspace's commitment to going beyond our customers' expectations when delivering customized hosting solutions."

And it is certainly true that Rackspace went well beyond Indymedia's expectations when they handed over the hard disks of the Ahimsa server.

As Rackspace has chosen to declare its allegiance with the secret services of the world, rather than with freedom of speech, information and assembly in cyberspace it is only natural that a campaign to boycott Rackspace has started:  http://www.boycottrackspace.com/

So let us get on the case and help defame Rackspace. If you use their services: change; if your work place does: encourage them to change. Blog away, post your dissatisfaction whereever you can. It is possible to ask Rackspace questions by writing to Annalie Drusch on  adrusch@rackspace.com in case you want to get any background information.

Further details can be found here:

 http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Global/AhimsaOverview

and here:

 http://www.eff.org/Censorship/Indymedia/