Before I get to my post, I wanted to explain a little about Oklahoma 2.0. When people think about Oklahoma, rarely, and by rarely I mean never, does internet or technology enter into their thoughts. What we have done with ONEsite is built an incredible technology company in what seems to most people to be the middle of nowhere. Oklahoma 2.0 is just a reflection on the trials, tribulations, and good times we have being a high tech company, certainly one of the only web companies, in the Great State of Oklahoma.

Yesterday I was discussing a contract with a potential client. It was a great, very productive call – they will be great to work with. Just like most companies, we always try and keep any legal issues close to home, so we naturally had a clause about the contract being governed by the laws of Oklahoma.

The potential client laughed a little and pointed out that it would probably be better to put it under California or New York law, where we might even find better protection because there was a body of law built up around the web business. Oklahoma law might provide an incredible depth of protection and understanding of which rancher owned which cows, but probably not a lot about the web.

And yes of course he is right. We have a lot of common sense laws (and some that seem to completely defy common sense) and certainly can deal with any cattle or land dispute with the best of them, but technology, maybe a little more gray. Still, there’s a straightforward way of thinking to the laws here, just like there is to life, and if they don’t have a law to cover it they can certainly figure out what a good honest person would think, and settle the dispute the old fashioned way (and I don’t mean a shootout) but without a lot of complicated legal twists and turns. So while we don’t have book after book of laws governing the web, there are certainly worse places to worry about legal issues than an Oklahoma court house.

 -Thad