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Linode rebranded as Akamai’s cloud computing services

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Re: Linode rebranded as Akamai’s cloud computing services

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Post by fomine3 »

dingle_thunk wrote: post #18
loloquwowndueo wrote: post #14

What’s a good alternative for Linode these days? I just want a vps where I can install Debian, be root, and have a web and email server. A 4gb Linode has been enough for my needs for years.

Vultr is amazing on price/performance. I use it as a lab cloud, and for my more fun (or Windows) workloads. You slightly sacrifice reliability, but you get interesting options including odd OSes, and per-hour dedicated hardware. Definitely an innovative bunch. DigitalOcean offers solid uptime, a more professional operation, and typically better performance than Linode in benchmarks ( https://www.vpsbenchmarks.com/scr…

Vultr is great for various locations. https://www.vultr.com/features/datacenter-locations/

Re: Linode rebranded as Akamai’s cloud computing services

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Post by mindcrime »

kamyl wrote: post #49

RIP Linode. It was the 2nd (after Slicehost) "cloud service" I was introduced to back then in 2009 I believe, when my, back then CTO, insisted that "cloud" is the way to go and some job skills (sysadmin) will eventually fade and turn irrelevant. 3 years later same CTO complained that I made other teams within that startup look bad by using Hetzner and OVH duo instead of Amazon's then still relatively new AWS - bills…

Basically the same here. I used Slicehost until they were acquired by Rackspace... and for a while afterwards, truth be told. Inertia is a real thing, let me tell you.

After Slicehost/Rackspace, my next VPS provider was Linode. To be fair, I do also use Amazon for some stuff, but mostly just transient instances, and limited use of some of their more specialized services like SNS.

I experimented with Hetzner and OVH, and wound up deciding to migrate my stuff to OVH. So far so good, but as mentioned in another thread, while I'm fairly happy with OVH, there are a few little "gotcha's" here and there.

Re: Linode rebranded as Akamai’s cloud computing services

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Post by IAmGraydon »

I’ve been a Linode customer for well over a decade and am sad to see them go. They always felt like a part of the older hacker culture that hadn’t been destroyed by corporations yet, and we all know where this is leading. Guess it’s time to explore alternatives.

Re: Linode rebranded as Akamai’s cloud computing services

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Post by qbasic_forever »

mynameisvlad wrote: post #2

RIP Linode. First VPS provider I used. Although I haven't used it in a while, it's still sad to see the brand go away and be replaced with such a bland corporate one.

I remember using them when I first started getting into Linux. Lots of good memories getting Debian to work on my Thinkpad X40 and marveling at having a cheap shell account online all the time from Linode. It felt like the future.

Re: Linode rebranded as Akamai’s cloud computing services

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Post by [deleted] »

hparadiz wrote: post #112
diveandfight wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The fact that the founders named the company based off a Hawaiian-English dictionary look-up strikes me as pretty bland-corporate, "The company was named after akamai, which means 'clever,' or more colloquially, 'cool' in Hawaiian, which Lewin had discovered in a Hawaiian-English dictionary after the suggestion of a colleague." [0] From what I've seen living here and hearing Hawaiian Creole English (aka pidgin), nobo…

Look up Aegis and see how many companies use the Greek word for shield. Sometimes a name is the last thing you actually want to be dealing with when starting a company.

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Re: Linode rebranded as Akamai’s cloud computing services

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Post by jolmg »

twblalock wrote: post #46
jay-barronville wrote: post #31

The Linode brand is so well known by developers. Why in the world would Akamai risk the brand any further than they already have like this?

Is it really well known? I've only ever heard of Linode because they sponsored some Youtube videos. I've never heard it mentioned in a professional setting as a developer. On the contrary, Akamai is incredibly well known.

Interesting. Their acquisition of Linode last year is the first time I ever heard of Akamai. I've known of Linode for more than 10 years.

Re: Linode rebranded as Akamai’s cloud computing services

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Post by fwlr »

Shank wrote: post #70

I'm sure they spent a lot of time thinking about this, but why not just call it something "Linode by Akamai" or "Akamai Linode"? Neither "Akamai’s cloud computing services" or "Akamai Connected Cloud" sound like viable names. Is the goal just to get people to say "I use Akamai"? I could even see a viable strategy where they rename the existing Linode but create a new Linode, ala Lightsail just to keep the name. They…

“Going forward, Akamai’s rent-a-server cloud services will be called Linode” would have been a better solution, yeah. So the way you say “Amazon EC2” or “Amazon AWS”, you’d say “Akamai Linode”. The only downside is that inevitably people would shorten that to “Linode” instead of “Akamai”, which hurts brand recognition. And I guess that downside is significant enough to cause them to go with this bland “Akamai’s cloud services” moniker. That’s what commenters here are reacting to more than anything, I think: it’s very “bland corporation”-y to care that much about brand recognition and that little about other things.

Re: Linode rebranded as Akamai’s cloud computing services

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Post by [deleted] »

diveandfight wrote: post #66
godzillabrennus wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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The fact that the founders named the company based off a Hawaiian-English dictionary look-up strikes me as pretty bland-corporate, "The company was named after akamai, which means 'clever,' or more colloquially, 'cool' in Hawaiian, which Lewin had discovered in a Hawaiian-English dictionary after the suggestion of a colleague." [0] From what I've seen living here and hearing Hawaiian Creole English (aka pidgin), nobo…

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Re: Linode rebranded as Akamai’s cloud computing services

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Post by radium3d »

twblalock wrote: post #46
jay-barronville wrote: post #31

The Linode brand is so well known by developers. Why in the world would Akamai risk the brand any further than they already have like this?

Is it really well known? I've only ever heard of Linode because they sponsored some Youtube videos. I've never heard it mentioned in a professional setting as a developer. On the contrary, Akamai is incredibly well known.

I have been using a Linode VPS for years. I never talk about it because it always just works. Perhaps that's why? I had never heard of Akamai before they took over Linode. There are bubbles around the world we've never entered. I do hope they continue to upgrade my server for free very couple years just like Linode has always done. If they don't, then we know Linode's true innovation is dead and I may move on.
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