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HavenCo In Trouble?

Posted by timothy on from the naysayers-revenge dept.

Evil Al writes "News.com is reporting on the talk given by Ryan Lackey, former CTO of HavenCo, at DefCon. Lackey claims that the company is teetering on the edge due to internal upheaval and lack of customers. Oh, and 9/11, of course."

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  1. no wonder they're in trouble! by drgroove · · Score: 5, Funny

    given by Ryan Lackey, former CTO of HavenCo, at DefCon

    Even their ex-CTO was a Lackey!

  2. Business and lunatics by duffbeer703 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Who in the hell is going to do business with some lunatic who fancies himself as the "Prince" of a gun platform?

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    1. Re:Business and lunatics by mr_luc · · Score: 4, Funny

      That is a very funny question, and I have to think that the only business that could consider it seriously would be a casino. That kind of flashiness would seem to fit right in. I can hear the TV ads now:

      "Wanna know just how Exciting our Online Gambling Site is? OUR site is hosted on a rusting gun tower 6 miles off of the coast of England, run by a man that claims it as his own sovereign nation. That's right -- this gambling site is hosted out of a basketball-court-sized country called Sealand!"
      "Reliability? Security? Just remember that all of your financial transactions are subject to the whims of a man that fancies himself a king!"

      I like those odds.

    2. Re:Business and lunatics by Tackhead · · Score: 5, Funny
      > "Reliability? Security? Just remember that all of your financial transactions are subject to the whims of a man that fancies himself a king!"

      And how'd 'e get to be king, eh? By exploitin' the geeks! Supreme authority 'as got to come from a widely distributed peer-to-peer network, not from some farcical aquatic hosting company!

      I mean, if I went around sayin' I was king just because some moistened bint threw a bunch of servers and a fiber-optic link at me, they'd put me away!

    3. Re:Business and lunatics by arkane1234 · · Score: 4, Funny

      What in the hell is a moistened bint?

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  3. SARS by gr8_phk · · Score: 4, Funny
    Oh, and 9/11, of course.

    But what about SARS? Blaming 9/11 is old-school.

  4. Help your friends at Sealand! by mblase · · Score: 5, Funny

    They're short on money, but I'm sure someone would be willing to send them a few million to keep afloat.

    They're just another victim of the dot-com fallout, really. Yet another company that completely missed the boat.

    I mean, their business directors must really be lost at sea as to how to resolve these problems.

    Perhaps they'd succeed with a new software strategy? Say, pier-to-pier filesharing?

    Oh, I kill me....

  5. Re:Bad Publicity? by dasmegabyte · · Score: 4, Funny

    Does "quirky fellow" mean "complete idiot?"

    Now I feel really insulted. I'm always getting called quirky!

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  6. Re:Oh Please...... by smcavoy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sending royal marines into a "sovereign" nation would be a violation international law, oh wait never mind.

  7. Re:It was only a matter of time... by sxltrex · · Score: 5, Funny

    Did you happen to read the article?

    You're new here, aren't you? ;-)