Remember the Alamo (or why I won't do business with SoftLayer)

I've got a client that's looking for managed hosting that will probably be $3k-$5k a month for whatever company it lands at. After I started to talking to SoftLayer - something way back in my geek brain sent a red flag to the front of my geek brain. SoftLayer used to be The Planet which used to be EV1 servers which used to be Rackshack... which bought 'Linux' licensing from SCO way back in 2004. Old grudges die hard... sorry SoftLayer, you won't be getting any business from me.

I suppose at some point, I should let this go but I spent way too much time on Groklaw - 7 years is too soon. <grin>