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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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I use Linode as a provider for small Linux VMs. Does Digital Ocean offer this service at prices competitive with (legacy) Linode? The site is a confusing mess of buzzwords and made-up terms, which is nothing like the straightforward presentation that was part of the attraction for Linode (and for Slicehost before them). I find DO immediately offputting.
You may enjoy Hetzner instead, then. I used to use Linode ten years ago, but eventually switched to Digital Ocean. I switched to using Hetzner instead of Digital Ocean a couple years ago.
Huh. Good tip. Thanks!
Re: Linode rebranded as Akamai’s cloud computing services
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Because they don't want to sell it to anyone who has ever heard of Linode. They are going to sell through their existing corporate sales contacts, as a new cloud compute offering by your pals at Akamai.
Does it mean that people who use Linode for Linode should be preparing to move out?
The writing has been on the wall for a while. Linode was great and reliable for a time, but their pace of development of new features has slowed significantly. That's not a problem per se but as Akamai muscles in more and more, it's clear the "good ol' Linode" was dead. Not specific to this announcement today, but as of a few weeks ago I terminated my Linode account, which had been my primary and active hosting provider since Feb 2010.
Re: Linode rebranded as Akamai’s cloud computing services
#324Re: Linode rebranded as Akamai’s cloud computing services
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Is anything wrong with digital ocean? This name change has me wanting to jump ship as well.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34803696
That doesn't bother me as a customer. If the company is laying people off it's probably also getting more efficient and therefore cheaper.
Re: Linode rebranded as Akamai’s cloud computing services
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It sure looks like it. I thought that the moment they got bought. Same thing happened with Slicehost. They got absorbed by the Rackspace borg, which ruined everything we found appealing at SH -- so we found Linode. I guess now I'm looking for the new Linode/Slicehost style provider. Sucks.
I've been pretty happy with Vultr.
Vultr is great. Simple interface, quick and helpful support, great reliability over the 4 years I've been with them so far.
Re: Linode rebranded as Akamai’s cloud computing services
#327Earlier quoted context omitted.
It sure looks like it. I thought that the moment they got bought. Same thing happened with Slicehost. They got absorbed by the Rackspace borg, which ruined everything we found appealing at SH -- so we found Linode. I guess now I'm looking for the new Linode/Slicehost style provider. Sucks.
Is anything wrong with digital ocean? This name change has me wanting to jump ship as well.
Evidently DO is doing layoffs and their support may be suffering for it. So there's that.
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https://mnx.io and would be happy to have you! We're a small team with great support -- since 2012.
You won't get many movers with 2x the price of L:inode for comparable instances...
I do understand.. and sometimes cheap is what you want. When you want something else -- like customer service, this is where mnx.io shines. I would consider mnx.io to be a boutique cloud provider, prioritize quality/reliability and customer service, allowing us to build close relationships with our customers. As a boutique provider, we know most of our customers by name and focus on providing the resources necessary to ensure reliable, long-term sustainability.
Re: Linode rebranded as Akamai’s cloud computing services
#329Re: Linode rebranded as Akamai’s cloud computing services
#330Sad day for Linode. Great standalone niche hosting platform. I get that these things happen. I was part of a Google acquisition that eventually got shutdown/rebranded. From an acquirer standpoint it makes sense. For existing users they probably now feel deflated as the whole reason they went to Linode was to avoid incumbents.
> the whole reason [existing users] went to Linode was to avoid incumbents. Sounds like you just identified a tranche of customers Akamai doesn’t care about. As everyone else in the comments is pointing out Akamai doesn’t want your $1000/mo. It’s a waste of their time. They want customers who are eager to talk private pricing plans and $1M commits. And I expect the linked infra/team will now be providing services tha…
I used them for years in the thousands of dollars per month range. They were perfectly happy with that arrangement.