If you or the dev had the exclusive privilege of being able to run a pool, then I'd go ahead with solo mining. You rented that server for you and not for us. If you risked too much with that server counting on the dream that you would always have the exclusivity, then you must be seriously stupid.
Let others find out themselves if running a shc pool is difficult and risky. You should not worry about that.
You don't get it do you? There is no privileges, stop making shit up. Anyone can come up with a pool if they were motivated enough, and you pushing for it isn't helping at all. I don't get why the exclusivity is bothering you so much, be glad that we have a pool at all?
It's exactly as laxori666 pointed out above, if you can't handle the facts then that's your problem.