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Re: GoDaddy Buys Media Temple

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Post by scott_karana »

ebbv wrote: post #111
scott_karana wrote: post #106

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm sorry, but what does an ex-CEO's personal hobby have to do with the way the business is run? I'm sure a shockingly high amount of other CEOs have had African safari and have taken elephants, distasteful as that may be. GoDaddy has offered us a ton of ammo with which to criticize them professionally, so let's not get into personal ad hominem attacks.

First off, it was obviously a joke. Secondly, maybe you've never seen the video but there's GoDaddy hats and shirts and shit all over it. He's the one who tied the business to it.

Whoops, my misunderstanding then! :)

I also didn't realize GoDaddy was explicitly shown, so I stand corrected on all points.

Re: GoDaddy Buys Media Temple

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Post by ISeemToBeAVerb »

mtMattNL wrote: post #92
codereflection wrote: post #40

I wonder how this is going to affect the jquery.com site, which has been hosted on MT forever. I have a strong hatred for GoDaddy, and will never consider Media Temple for any of their services now. Sorry MT guys, I just hate GoDaddy THAT much.

I get where the strong feelings come from, but time does change things (be it better or worse). We think they are going in the right direction, and we're going to work on getting even better.

The thing is, you are who you associate yourself with.

Until GoDaddy actually proves they've turned a new leaf, I think you're going to have a hard time convincing your customers (myself included) that this acquisition is about anything other than money.

It takes momentous effort to turn around a notoriously bad brand, and with such fierce competition, there will need to be some serious benefits to convince me to stick with MT.

Truth be told, if your service is comparable to other services, I'd rather not give my money to a company owned by GoDaddy.

Re: GoDaddy Buys Media Temple

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Post by larrys »

rwhitman wrote: post #63
mtMattNL wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We knew that a lot of our current customers might have a negative response towards this. Like somebody said above, GoDaddy has made some pretty big changes in the past year. With this new acquisition we're hoping for bigger and better things for (mt), especially when it comes to new product lines.

You're never going to win our hearts or minds here. MT is dead to me now. There is no one web technology professionals hate more in the world than GoDaddy. I can't think of a vendor I despise more. Also I'm an MT customer of 8 years and probably referred tens of thousands of business to MT over the last decade. Dead to me . Thats how much I hate GoDaddy.

"There is no one web technology professionals hate more in the world than GoDaddy."

By the way back in the day, before there was a godaddy and during godaddy's rise to "power" that crown (as a despired domain registrar) went to Network Solutions.

I wonder how many HN'ers are aware of that?

Re: GoDaddy Buys Media Temple

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Post by acallaghan »

thenomad wrote: post #79
acallaghan wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Digital Ocean by a country mile, they come with a Wordpress image ready set-up for you, will cost $5 a month for an excellent webserver. I host 4 different Rails sites, and a Wordpress Network of 7 sites there, all running v well. My referral link: https://www.digitalocean.com/?refcode=1ecc21b66a25 Edit: Note, I don't run all of those sites on the same server, that'd be silly.

Interesting, I didn't know that. What's the WP image based off? (OS, web server, reverse proxies, etc)

It's running Ubuntu 12.10, nginx and PHP5 FPM - I can't remember if FPM came preinstalled or not though.

Re: GoDaddy Buys Media Temple

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Post by mtMattNL »

mikeho1999 wrote: post #104
mtMattNL wrote: post #38

I was going to post person by person, but I figured a general post with all the info would be a better option. So here it goes... We're definitely excited about the move. We know GoDaddy may have had a not so stellar reputation in the past, but we're very happy with the changes they've made this year. Along with that, we are very happy to get the funding and resources we need to make bigger and better products. We wa…

Matt, first of all, thanks to you and your team for posting in the comments on sites like HN, TechCrunch, and all the other sites where the news is starting to hit the tech community. I know it can't be easy to read so many critical comments against a company that I am sure has been a great place for you to work at. However, I think trying to spin things as "everything at (mt) will be the same... only better" is a bi…

Good question. Some things I will have answers for, others I'm not 100% on. I'll go point by point.

1. The spin isn't really intended. GoDaddy is a huge fan of our services, and they intend to keep it independent so that our team can improve on what we currently have. We'll also be able to hire better people (not putting our team down), but it's always been the motto here to hire people that are smarter than us.

2. Existing customers- nothing is changing. Seriously. Prices aren't going up, control panel isn't changing, and we're not going to be emailing you every day.

3. Our team said yes to this merger because they like the direction their new team is taking. If we can inject some of our flair into what they are doing, even better. In the end though, you aren't going to see a combination of the logos.

4. "winning out" - If i could predict the future, I'd be traveling the world comfortably right now. :) I've been here for three years now, and I trust that things aren't going in that direction.

I appreciate the concern, and we're impressed that so many people care (even if sentiment sways negatively). We're not here to ride our horses into the sunset with bags of money draped to our saddles, we're here to compete in the hosting space. We have always been known for our stellar service, and we are ready to be known for a stellar product.

Re: GoDaddy Buys Media Temple

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Post by rwhitman »

rhizome wrote: post #91
rwhitman wrote: post #9

I have no love for Media Temple, but have so many client sites there that this really affects me. Just when I thought MT was improving they go and do this. That line about it staying "independent" is total crap. I stupidly got locked into Outright and now a year or so after their acquisition by GoDaddy its now magically "GoDaddy Online Bookkeeping" and they want to link it with my GoDaddy account. Independent my ass.…

A well-engineered deployment framework and backup regime should let you move sites to new hosts with a minimum of headaches (if not a minimum of time). Heck, an enterprising engineer could probably whip up a third-party site mover that uses some combination of limited DB privs, temporary SSH keys, etc. to move entire domains around. You're right that any "things are gonna stay awesome!" through an acquisition is pipe…

If any of these sites were built using a well-engineered deployment framework, I wouldn't be using a MediaTemple grid account to host them

Re: GoDaddy Buys Media Temple

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Post by mtMattNL »

ISeemToBeAVerb wrote: post #132
mtMattNL wrote: post #92

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I get where the strong feelings come from, but time does change things (be it better or worse). We think they are going in the right direction, and we're going to work on getting even better.

The thing is, you are who you associate yourself with. Until GoDaddy actually proves they've turned a new leaf, I think you're going to have a hard time convincing your customers (myself included) that this acquisition is about anything other than money. It takes momentous effort to turn around a notoriously bad brand, and with such fierce competition, there will need to be some serious benefits to convince me to sti…

I see where you are coming from, and money is definitely important. That cash flow is going to help us build our staff and our products. We understand the skepticism, but we are working on making things a lot better here.

Re: GoDaddy Buys Media Temple

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Post by mtMattNL »

modoc wrote: post #119
mtMattNL wrote: post #96

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It stays within our system, but there may be some info exchanged. The extent of that share, I have not been filled in on, but I know it's not a complete data dump into Godaddy's databases.

So the FAQ response is a blatant duck/deception?

I'm not sure it was meant to deceive you, but at least we got it cleared up.

Re: GoDaddy Buys Media Temple

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Post by ceejayoz »

mtMattNL wrote: post #138
modoc wrote: post #119

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So the FAQ response is a blatant duck/deception?

I'm not sure it was meant to deceive you, but at least we got it cleared up.

Cleared up for the folks who happen to be reading this comment thread. Maybe you should update the FAQ?

Re: GoDaddy Buys Media Temple

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Post by ebbv »

scott_karana wrote: post #131
ebbv wrote: post #111

Earlier quoted context omitted.

First off, it was obviously a joke. Secondly, maybe you've never seen the video but there's GoDaddy hats and shirts and shit all over it. He's the one who tied the business to it.

Whoops, my misunderstanding then! :) I also didn't realize GoDaddy was explicitly shown, so I stand corrected on all points.

He also originally posted the video on the GoDaddy blog.
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