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Re: Rackspace acquire Slicehost

#31

Post by arockwell »

davidw wrote: post #26
mkull wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've been on 2 dedicated servers with Rackspace for a year now and have no complaints, there service has been very good thus far and their rates were very competitive.

Slicehost puts their rates where everyone can see them. I can't find them with a quick look on Rackspace. What's "competitive"?

This is one of the big reasons I did not give Rackspace a second look. If you're price is not in plain view I assume you're too expensive. I have no idea why companies do this.

Re: Rackspace acquire Slicehost

#32

Post by 0x44 »

jah wrote: post #30
0x44 wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

you can expect huge increases in prices[...] We cut the prices of our 2GB and larger slice offerings, along with announcing IP failover, and removing the mandatory 3-month prepayment on signup. [edit] Oh, and cause we keep forgetting to announce it. If you have private IP addresses on any of your slices, new slices will automatically get built with a private IP.

Any chance you could double the storage limits for the smaller slices?

We don't have any plans to change the plans right now.

Re: Rackspace acquire Slicehost

#33

Post by coolestuk »

unalone wrote: post #5
rantfoil wrote: post #2

AND they rolled out 8 GB and 15.5GB slices. AWESOME. AND Rackspace also bought Jungledisk. Rackspace is suddenly a whole lot more compelling.

I've heard really terrible things about Rackspace from quite a few people. I'm really hoping they don't mess up the people they've bought.

I've been using Linode.com for about 6 months. I find their offerings far more compelling than slicehost.

Re: Rackspace acquire Slicehost

#34

Post by radu_floricica »

0x44 wrote: post #19
rob wrote: post #12

Let's hope they don't do to Slicehost what they did to Webmail.us after acquiring them. If they do, you can expect huge increases in prices and a focus more on corporate/"big" clients.

you can expect huge increases in prices[...] We cut the prices of our 2GB and larger slice offerings, along with announcing IP failover, and removing the mandatory 3-month prepayment on signup. [edit] Oh, and cause we keep forgetting to announce it. If you have private IP addresses on any of your slices, new slices will automatically get built with a private IP.

Yup, congrats. I just subscribed (3 days ago) and I have big hopes from you guys. Keep it up :)

LE: Also, if I may... the tone of the FAQ is a bit corporate. I don't think it's the right approach with your target. Ex:

How does this acquisition affect Slicehost customers

Our number one goal is to continue delivering the Slicehost experience. In fact, we hope to make it even better.

It's a very nice answer, and contains zero information. Just saying :)

Re: Rackspace acquire Slicehost

#35

Post by wmf »

arockwell wrote: post #31
davidw wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Slicehost puts their rates where everyone can see them. I can't find them with a quick look on Rackspace. What's "competitive"?

This is one of the big reasons I did not give Rackspace a second look. If you're price is not in plain view I assume you're too expensive. I have no idea why companies do this.

Price discrimination.

Re: Rackspace acquire Slicehost

#36

Post by boredguy8 »

benkant wrote: post #8

The great thing about Slicehost was the size. They were big enough to be reliable but small enough to give a shit when you had a question on #slicehost on freenode. PickledOnion's posts on the Slicehost articles page were top notch. I hope the quality continues. It got to the point that I'd only recommend Slicehost, after a few bad experiences with media temple and the like. DON'T FUCK IT UP, RACKSPACE.

I hate to be a content-less "ditto", so let me only highlight that this comment represents a LOT of people's views. They were always very responsive (hell, direct support in IRC!) and it would be a shame to lose that. But it's a big field out there, and I (and I bet most) have no problem walking away if things go poorly under new management.

I'm also disturbed that this hasn't been communicated any way besides a blog post. You have my e-mail address: let me know! This shouldn't be surprise I find when I'm on HN. I log into my server regularly: I don't visit your blog every day. IMHO, off to a less-than-stellar start.

Re: Rackspace acquire Slicehost

#37

Post by mncaudill »

boredguy8 wrote: post #36
benkant wrote: post #8

The great thing about Slicehost was the size. They were big enough to be reliable but small enough to give a shit when you had a question on #slicehost on freenode. PickledOnion's posts on the Slicehost articles page were top notch. I hope the quality continues. It got to the point that I'd only recommend Slicehost, after a few bad experiences with media temple and the like. DON'T FUCK IT UP, RACKSPACE.

I hate to be a content-less "ditto", so let me only highlight that this comment represents a LOT of people's views. They were always very responsive (hell, direct support in IRC!) and it would be a shame to lose that. But it's a big field out there, and I (and I bet most) have no problem walking away if things go poorly under new management. I'm also disturbed that this hasn't been communicated any way besides a blog…

If only there was some kind of way to Really Simply Syndicate content...

Re: Rackspace acquire Slicehost

#38

Post by dmix »

benkant wrote: post #8

The great thing about Slicehost was the size. They were big enough to be reliable but small enough to give a shit when you had a question on #slicehost on freenode. PickledOnion's posts on the Slicehost articles page were top notch. I hope the quality continues. It got to the point that I'd only recommend Slicehost, after a few bad experiences with media temple and the like. DON'T FUCK IT UP, RACKSPACE.

I mentioned how I plan to switch from Slicehost to Amazon in a twitter msg and they replied offering me any help I needed. I see that they are monitoring their name across social sites. I was impressed.

Re: Rackspace acquire Slicehost

#39

Post by avinashv »

mncaudill wrote: post #37
boredguy8 wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I hate to be a content-less "ditto", so let me only highlight that this comment represents a LOT of people's views. They were always very responsive (hell, direct support in IRC!) and it would be a shame to lose that. But it's a big field out there, and I (and I bet most) have no problem walking away if things go poorly under new management. I'm also disturbed that this hasn't been communicated any way besides a blog…

If only there was some kind of way to Really Simply Syndicate content...

That's not fair. I'm not a Slicehost--uh, Rackspace customer, but if I was, I have more than enough stuff in my newsreader that I wouldn't want to subscribe to their blog.

Re: Rackspace acquire Slicehost

#40

Post by jamongkad »

My company's beta testing app is hosted at SliceHost. I'm happy for the SliceHost guys but given Rackspace's reputation I was not very happy with this acquisition. Maybe it's cuz I'm afraid SliceHost might lose it's small tech company service...
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