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EV1Servers.Net's CEO Regrets SCO Deal

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the live-and-learn dept.

spafbnerf writes "Everyone Internet's CEO Robert Marsh, when asked his feelings about the SCO deal almost a month ago responds: 'Would I do it again? No. I'll go on the record as saying that,' Marsh said. 'I certainly know a lot more today than I knew a month ago, in a lot of respects.'"

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  1. Well by ResQuad · · Score: 5, Informative

    I personally think that people are too hard on him anyways. Its not like he is trying to perpetuate SCO's attack on the world, he was just trying to protect his company and his customers, thats decent to me.

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  2. Re:Admirable. by spellraiser · · Score: 5, Informative

    Yup, admirable; not at least because of this:

    The big loser in this matter may be SCO, said Dion Cornett, an analyst with Decatur Jones Equity Partners LLC, an equity research firm based in Chicago. Having their first publicly announced customer express second thoughts over the deal so soon after its announcement may make it difficult for SCO to sign up other customers, he said.

    Finally something positive concerning SCO on slashdot!

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    I hear there's rumors on the Slashdots
  3. Re:Admirable. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative
    If he doesn't want us to think of him as a big pansy, he needs to ... actually have some balls.
    How about spending lots of money and a year in court to defend his company from lawsuit-happy web host? Robert Marsh said:
    "The true travesty is the way the legal system is. Complainants can file tons and tons of actions and the defendants, if they don't have the monetary resources to bombard the plaintiff, are taken advantage of in the court system. We were taken advantage of in this case because we will never recover all of our costs. We spent an excess of six figure defending this."
    The suit, brought by Texas-based C I Host, is with respect to a forum post containing "allegedly derogatory information" about them. It's obviously a ridiculous move from C I Host, but nonetheless, EV1 stood their ground rather than accepting the agressor's demands and settling out-of-court. That's standing up for something that he believes to be right regardless of cost -- not the cowardice you accuse him of.
  4. Re:The thing is by Xenographic · · Score: 5, Informative

    I know that this is slashdot, but I would like to substantiate my statements. Otherwise, I would be doing nothing but rumormongering, and I do have evidence to back my claims.

    I believe that it's common knowledge that SCO's disputes with IBM and Novell both hinge largely upon the various contracts between the parties. In fact, you can read the claims and counter claims in both cases at Groklaw. What many don't seem to realize that both DaimlerChrystler and Autozone had contractual relations with SCO. This only goes to show you that SCO apparently is unwilling to try any case at this juncture which rests only upon the merits of their IP claims...

    Speaking of which, you can find corroboration here on Groklaw, because I do not expect you to just take my word for it.