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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 mdmglr »

sashk wrote: post #19
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.

Hetzner

I traced email spam back to Hetzner servers. They refused to shut down the spammers. So I will refuse to do business with those crooks.

Re: Linode rebranded as Akamai’s cloud computing services

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Post by geerlingguy »

artellectual wrote: post #15
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.

How about digitalocean? or vultr?

DigitalOcean has been a good companion to Linode. It seems like many of the offerings are either on par or better, though some prices are a little higher.

Re: Linode rebranded as Akamai’s cloud computing services

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Post by twblalock »

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.

Re: Linode rebranded as Akamai’s cloud computing services

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Post by mynameisvlad »

viraptor wrote: post #38
godzillabrennus wrote: post #27

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The experience with them is very enterprisey and a few years ago very manual. When CloudFlare went all in on API management, Akamai required changing many things in the web panel. Their official terraform module only started in 2020! Their preferred onboarding is still extremely "talk to an expert" and "contact sales". I can't find a pricing page for their CDN. I'm not criticising their tech itself, but as far as bra…

This is exactly what I meant by a bland corporate brand. Their tech stack might be great, but their entire look and feel is "old school corporate you need to talk to sales and if you need to ask how much you can't afford it" vs Linode's "developer first, here's all the info you need go ahead and sign up" approach.

Re: Linode rebranded as Akamai’s cloud computing services

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Post by Godel_unicode »

rablackburn wrote: post #16

I’m curious to the reasoning behind a decision like this. Part of what Akamai bought was the Linode brand name. Anecdotally as a user Linode’s brand seems to have a fair bit of value and positive reputation. Havent they just written off a non-trivial amount of value from what they just acquired? Or is it as simple as they really want brand consistency?

It also makes no sense to me, if you want an offering with a different name, just add it to the UI and call the same backend to provision the resources. I bet the majority of customers will never know or care that the other one is the same thing with a different name.

Re: Linode rebranded as Akamai’s cloud computing services

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Post by kamyl »

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 were telling the story way better than I could!

Re: Linode rebranded as Akamai’s cloud computing services

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Post by dangus »

mynameisvlad wrote: post #32
godzillabrennus wrote: post #27

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"Akamai Connected Cloud" is practically peak corporate brand. The only thing it's missing is "Powered by Akamai" The co-founder's fate doesn't exactly change Akamai's brand in my opinion, either. They've built themselves up as the Enterprise CDN which is the exact antithesis to the brand Linode cultivated.

I'll literally forget how to get there and login with a name like that.
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