GoDaddy Buys Media Temple • Hacker News Board

Re: GoDaddy Buys Media Temple

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Post by chrisj16 » Tue, Oct 15, 2013, 5:11 PM UTC

rkudeshi wrote: post #53

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…

I keep seeing allusions to this new, improved GoDaddy...can you provide some details about this? I haven't heard anything about it since moving my domains away from them after the SOPA/elephant stuff. I know MediaTemple is a good company and wouldn't sell to GoDaddy without reason, so hopefully you can provide some solid justification for staying with you. The current FAQ/blog post don't address GoDaddy's toxic reput…

Are you sure about that? There's an answer to the very question "What about GoDaddy’s reputation in the tech community?"

"They have overhauled their leadership team and attracted tech talent from the best-of-the-best. We love 'the new GoDaddy' that CEO Blake Irving and his team have created, especially their new approach with advertising, product focus and UX." -- http://weblog.mediatemple.net/2013/10/15/faqs-about-the-goda...

GoDaddy appears to be a very different company than it was a year ago, so I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt.

Re: GoDaddy Buys Media Temple

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Post by hieudang9 » Tue, Oct 15, 2013, 5:11 PM UTC

The Lord has a good warrior :( Goodbye MT

Re: GoDaddy Buys Media Temple

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Post by ChrisNorstrom » Tue, Oct 15, 2013, 5:12 PM UTC

"They'll keep things the same and let us run as an independent company" - This is the most told lie during a company acquisition.

1) Media Temple (mt) revealed that they have very slow growth.

2) GoDaddy buys (mt).

Do you think GoDaddy bought (mt) out of the goodness of their hearts? To GoDaddy this is an investment. If they spend $100 million buying your company, they want your company to produce $200+ million back and they'll tinker with whatever they need to to make that happen.

3) GoDaddy sees that (mt) with it's slow growth isn't paying itself off. (and after today's news even slower growth)

4) GoDaddy starts making changes (merging teams, merging products, changing terms, playing with prices and plans) to see an increase in revenue.

Re: GoDaddy Buys Media Temple

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Post by rwhitman » Tue, Oct 15, 2013, 5:12 PM UTC

mtMattNL wrote: post #8

recusancy wrote: post #3

Media Temple's brand destroyed by one press release.

Matt from (mt) here. Sorry that you feel that way, but we assure everybody that it's a good thing. We're not making any major changes at the company, and we're going to have 10 times the resources to make better products.

No. Sure you get more money, but this is going to be absolutely toxic to your company culture. Now every employee at the company has to wake up and know that they're going to work at GoDaddy, a company that supported SOPA and PIPA a company that was founded by an obnoxious redneck who has a video blog of exploited blonde bimbos doing comedy shtick, a company that took a successful female NASCAR racer and exploited her as a sex object as their spokesperson, a company that outsources all of their customer service to India. The list goes on and on. Who's going to feel good about working there after that?

Re: GoDaddy Buys Media Temple

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Post by hieudang9 » Tue, Oct 15, 2013, 5:13 PM UTC

corry wrote: post #46

atourgates wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Now I'll be spending my morning creating a plan to transfer our clients (mostly small to medium businesses) that host on MediaTemple, to a new host. Any recommendations on a host that offers similar quality/features to Media Temple's Grid/Shared hosting? Specifically: * About $20/mo * An Easy to Use Dashboard * The Ability to Reasonably Handle Traffic Bursts * Decent Support And, of course, not owned by GoDaddy.

Random suggestion - check out NearlyFreeSpeech ( https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net/ ). I use them for a few sites and like their vibe and offerings. It's mostly pay-per-traffic I think. The dashboard isn't really a dashboard, more of a set of config screens. I find it intuitive but may not be what you're looking for. You can easily set up an account and transfer sites over.

not for geek

Re: GoDaddy Buys Media Temple

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Post by uptown » Tue, Oct 15, 2013, 5:13 PM UTC

mtMattNL wrote: post #59

nwh wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You missed the bit where GoDaddy is largely regarded as the scum of the Internet. Their impossible interfaces, distasteful advertising, dark patterns regarding renewals and addon services, parking domains, and support for massively oppressing SOPA legislation all combine to make an absolutely awful brand image. You've pretty much just destroyed the quite nice reputation (mt) had as a solid, premium hosting provider.

We are well aware of their past, but we're also well aware of what they've been doing to improve their business. Check out our FAQ http://weblog.mediatemple.net/2013/10/15/faqs-about-the-goda...

The problem with that sentence is that "their/they've" is now "our/we've".

Re: GoDaddy Buys Media Temple

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Post by ics » Tue, Oct 15, 2013, 5:14 PM UTC

I predict Media Temple TV ads in 10...9...8...

As a long time MT customer (and beta tester), good luck guys! Despite the general sentiments regarding GoDaddy I hope it works out and provides the extra juice for whatever is on the horizon.

Re: GoDaddy Buys Media Temple

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Post by mtMattNL » Tue, Oct 15, 2013, 5:14 PM UTC

MartinCron wrote: post #55

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…

I admire your courage and honesty to directly engage with the GoDaddy detractors (of which I am one, sorry). Maybe you can prove us all wrong and help improve them from within.

Appreciate it. I know we can. Our medium size team just got a lot bigger. I think our engineers are the most excited about this because they'll be able to get so much more work done.

Re: GoDaddy Buys Media Temple

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Post by thenomad » Tue, Oct 15, 2013, 5:19 PM UTC

acallaghan wrote: post #13

thebiglebrewski wrote: post #4

I totally agree with @recusancy, this is the worst news I've heard all day...I absolutely despise GoDaddy and everything they represent. Who should I switch to? Just have some WordPress site hosted on MediaTemple mostly...

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)

Re: GoDaddy Buys Media Temple

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Post by pc86 » Tue, Oct 15, 2013, 5:20 PM UTC

rwhitman wrote: post #12

mtMattNL wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Matt from (mt) here. Sorry that you feel that way, but we assure everybody that it's a good thing. We're not making any major changes at the company, and we're going to have 10 times the resources to make better products.

Bullshit.

Thank you for the thoughtful contribution.