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We're giving out free 1CPU, 2GB, 10GB SSD -servers, celebrating our launch.

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Re: We're giving out free 1CPU, 2GB, 10GB SSD -servers, celebrating our launch.

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And to add the fine print:1) We give 100 euro of credit that enables you to run it for more than 70 days.2) No commitments, credit cards needed. 3) Non-transferrable, non-refundable, one per account - 1000 servers given out in total.

We're just eager to make a splash and hear feedback on how people use and would like to use a service like ours.

ps. Here's our recent discussion on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5317647

Re: We're giving out free 1CPU, 2GB, 10GB SSD -servers, celebrating our launch.

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And to add the fine print:1) We give 100 euro of credit that enables you to run it for more than 70 days.2) No commitments, credit cards needed. 3) Non-transferrable, non-refundable, one per account - 1000 servers given out in total. We're just eager to make a splash and hear feedback on how people use and would like to use a service like ours. ps. Here's our recent discussion on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item…

> No commitments, credit cards needed.

You mean no credit cards needed. Right?

EDIT: Yep, I saw it in the page itself.

Re: We're giving out free 1CPU, 2GB, 10GB SSD -servers, celebrating our launch.

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And to add the fine print:1) We give 100 euro of credit that enables you to run it for more than 70 days.2) No commitments, credit cards needed. 3) Non-transferrable, non-refundable, one per account - 1000 servers given out in total. We're just eager to make a splash and hear feedback on how people use and would like to use a service like ours. ps. Here's our recent discussion on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item…

> No commitments, credit cards needed. You mean no credit cards needed. Right? EDIT: Yep, I saw it in the page itself.

Absolutely, major typo there. NO credit cards required for the sign-up.

Thanks.

Re: We're giving out free 1CPU, 2GB, 10GB SSD -servers, celebrating our launch.

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And to add the fine print:1) We give 100 euro of credit that enables you to run it for more than 70 days.2) No commitments, credit cards needed. 3) Non-transferrable, non-refundable, one per account - 1000 servers given out in total. We're just eager to make a splash and hear feedback on how people use and would like to use a service like ours. ps. Here's our recent discussion on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item…

Will try to answer all questions here. Also keeping an eye on our systems due to the expected heavy load.

Thinking of writing up a blog post on this to our company blog as the dust settles, how a campaign like this works.

Re: We're giving out free 1CPU, 2GB, 10GB SSD -servers, celebrating our launch.

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wow, you're really fast sending the sms, it arrived just when I clicked the button.By the way, I don't really like your administration panel, it's kind of ugly and it reminds me very much gandi's admin panel.

Thanks for the comment!

Design is something we're really keen on, so all comments regarding usability are taken seriously.

Re: We're giving out free 1CPU, 2GB, 10GB SSD -servers, celebrating our launch.

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Flagged as blatant advertising. 100€ is nothing, and I have to make the investment to work out how to use your cloud infrastructure. That investment (of time) is worth much more than 100€, so once the 100€ run out I will feel that I have invested so much already, it will be cheaper to keep using your service.

I'm sorry, but that is not a give-away, it's just a bait.

Btw. Google App Engine is currently "giving away" 1000$ for startups if you register through some affiliate. Technically of course it's the same but the 1000$ will probably last a lot longer than two months on App Engine (depending on the web site of course).

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