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Re: Rackspace Developer+ Program

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Post by corobo »

snsr wrote: post #9
corobo wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is it possible to graduate from developer+ to the startups programme you guys run if the situation would allow for it (startups requirements met, all that jazz)? Obviously you'd hope to be bringing in enough to cover hosting by year 1 but out of curiousity really Edit: A second question, is it possible to attach developer+ to an account that already exists? Reason my account's a bit unloved at the moment is because I…

Regarding your second question, it looks like you must be a (relatively?) new customer to participate. From the developer+ T&C: > 2.1. Company is a New Cloud Customer. "New Cloud Customer" refers to a Company that does not have a Cloud Account prior to becoming a Cloud Services customer in accordance with Section 2.2 below.

Ah oh dear, I missed that bit! Thanks for that.

I guess if the time comes it'll be registered under its own entity so I'll pop back at that time! :)

Re: Rackspace Developer+ Program

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Post by pekk »

So Rackspace wants to compete with the EC2 Free Tier and get developers hooked on their platform. Those developers should consider how much they will have to pay after the first year.

It's a pity that Rackspace is taking away its cheaper, smaller sized instances. Oh well - at least Linode and Digital Ocean still want my money.

Re: Rackspace Developer+ Program

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Post by jnoller »

lawl wrote: post #12

https://developer.rackspace.com/signup/ > Want two 1GB CPUs or one 2GB? No 1.5 GB CPUs? Disappointed. Hopefully they offer 0.25 Terrawatts of RAM at least. That would be nice with 314159 kilohertz of cloud.

Argh, typos - fixing

Re: Rackspace Developer+ Program

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Post by korzun »

So I'm not sure why there is a spin on this. This is (as others pointed out) basically a free yearly trial.

When I was writing an API client for their cloud infrastructure (before they rolled their own)

> https://github.com/AlekseyKorzun/rackspace-open-cloud-php

I had to spin up instances for testing purposes on my own dime, luckily I had disposable income.

In my case, if I money was an issue, their Developer+ program would let me (technically) release 1.0.0 but I would never be able to release 2.0.0 that uses their new API specification because my credit would expire.

Re: Rackspace Developer+ Program

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Post by korzun »

latch wrote: post #7

Rackspace is a tarnished brand for me. I immediately associate it with ridiculous pricing and bad "cloud" (mosso). With closed eyes it refused to see the quicksand of commodity it built its tower on. I was hoping to come up with ways that companies with poor brands can recapture a lost audience. But I'm drawing a blank because it's a competitive market. It's like the car industry an the generational memory people hav…

> Rackspace is a tarnished brand for me.

I have dozen of servers with them (both cloud and hardware) and in terms of support and network they are pretty good.

If you used them back in the day, give it another shot. Totally different picture now.

> But I'm drawing a blank because it's a competitive market.

I don't think there is much competition when it comes to hosting mission critical applications.

Typical options are AWS or Rackspace. If you require any sort of dedicated hardware Rackspace is the only solid choice.

I tried putting stuff on DO last month for another start-up and so far their NY-EAST went down more than any of our cloud instances within Rackspace.

Re: Rackspace Developer+ Program

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Post by simonebrunozzi »

jnoller wrote: post #14
lawl wrote: post #12

https://developer.rackspace.com/signup/ > Want two 1GB CPUs or one 2GB? No 1.5 GB CPUs? Disappointed. Hopefully they offer 0.25 Terrawatts of RAM at least. That would be nice with 314159 kilohertz of cloud.

Argh, typos - fixing

jnoller, do you work for Rackspace? Don't worry too much about typos, they happen.

Re: Rackspace Developer+ Program

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Post by bsenftner »

korzun wrote: post #16
latch wrote: post #7

Rackspace is a tarnished brand for me. I immediately associate it with ridiculous pricing and bad "cloud" (mosso). With closed eyes it refused to see the quicksand of commodity it built its tower on. I was hoping to come up with ways that companies with poor brands can recapture a lost audience. But I'm drawing a blank because it's a competitive market. It's like the car industry an the generational memory people hav…

> Rackspace is a tarnished brand for me. I have dozen of servers with them (both cloud and hardware) and in terms of support and network they are pretty good. If you used them back in the day, give it another shot. Totally different picture now. > But I'm drawing a blank because it's a competitive market. I don't think there is much competition when it comes to hosting mission critical applications. Typical options a…

You really should take the time to learn how to build your own server cluster. The savings is exponential. The control is complete. The knowledge is priceless.

Re: Rackspace Developer+ Program

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Post by hyperliner »

korzun wrote: post #15

So I'm not sure why there is a spin on this. This is (as others pointed out) basically a free yearly trial. When I was writing an API client for their cloud infrastructure (before they rolled their own) > https://github.com/AlekseyKorzun/rackspace-open-cloud-php I had to spin up instances for testing purposes on my own dime, luckily I had disposable income. In my case, if I money was an issue, their Developer+ progra…

I have tried Digital Ocean for these types of tests. Very cheap.
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