@atomicpoet my initial reaction is, yuck. but then i think it inevitable that some deep pockets will come in. eg, mozilla, although i recognize they're a different case since they'll be starting their instance from scratch.
running and maintaining servers can get pricey and someone needs to foot the bill(s). i don't know pawoo from a hole in the wall but you're right when you say we really need to know our admins and move elsewhere if we don't like what we find.