Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on April 25, 2005 09:10 PM
That's what this story is. Of course, if Mr. Macer hadn't pulled on the heart strings of Open Source, SCO vs. Linux, EV1 as SCO enabler then the tech community would have ignored all this. But, as it was, those with über Google-FU got interested in his story and it didn't pan out. Then he's false claims became a personal affront. Big mistake.
And then to target tiny Texarkana... where everyone knows everyone and everything going on (I have roots in Texarkana, though I don't live there). Very easy to get "found out" in that small a place.
I think the Open Source community and Texarkana are quite similar -- you can get kudos for being a happy neighbor but screw over someone and be marked for life.
The worst part for Mr. Macer was claiming to have so much built-out datacenter space. At the time his press release came out I was a contractor at one of the top hosting companies in the nation and a VP-level manager asked a group of us if we ever heard of OSIHosting or if we could explain how OSIHosting could have so much DC space overnight. See, people in the business actually read press releases. This manager's question set off a quick investigation that put the lie to OSIHosting's claims. The manager no longer cared about OSIHosting after that.
Then when Mr. Lyons' article came out I personally wrote the first message questioning Mr. Macer's claims showing the traceroute going to EV1, his named enemy for dealing with SCO.
Mr. Macer will probably learn from this to lie less grandiose so as not to appear on so many interested parties radars until the scheme sought has run its course. That's the sad part -- there's no indication that he's admitted to his lying nature or voluminous record of lies and deceptions but having been caught this time he'll adapt to better cover his tracks next time.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on April 25, 2005 09:10 PMAnd then to target tiny Texarkana... where everyone knows everyone and everything going on (I have roots in Texarkana, though I don't live there). Very easy to get "found out" in that small a place.
I think the Open Source community and Texarkana are quite similar -- you can get kudos for being a happy neighbor but screw over someone and be marked for life.
The worst part for Mr. Macer was claiming to have so much built-out datacenter space. At the time his press release came out I was a contractor at one of the top hosting companies in the nation and a VP-level manager asked a group of us if we ever heard of OSIHosting or if we could explain how OSIHosting could have so much DC space overnight. See, people in the business actually read press releases. This manager's question set off a quick investigation that put the lie to OSIHosting's claims. The manager no longer cared about OSIHosting after that.
Then when Mr. Lyons' article came out I personally wrote the first message questioning Mr. Macer's claims showing the traceroute going to EV1, his named enemy for dealing with SCO.
Mr. Macer will probably learn from this to lie less grandiose so as not to appear on so many interested parties radars until the scheme sought has run its course. That's the sad part -- there's no indication that he's admitted to his lying nature or voluminous record of lies and deceptions but having been caught this time he'll adapt to better cover his tracks next time.
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