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?
Exactly. Salesforce bought Heroku but kept the brand name.
Ditto for Microsoft and Github.
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#82What’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 lets you bring your own ISO if they don't have exactly what you want.
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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.
Oh and the salesperson is going to look up your company info before deciding if they'll even call you back to give you a quote.
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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 can’t tell you why you haven’t heard of Linode much, but yes, the Linode brand absolutely is well known. When I think Linode, I think developer, small consultancy, etc. When I think Akamai, I think enterprise. Completely different brands. It just seems like such a bizarre business decision to me for Akamai to throw a strong brand like that away just because they want to slap their name on the product instead. All i…
They're not the only ones. I consider myself up to date, and I had no idea Linode was in the VPS business. If I had to guess their mission, it sounds like Tailscale. [1]
I've used Digital Ocean and all the big cloud providers. Vercel, Netlify, Heroku.
Haven't touched Akamai, but I certainly know of it.
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#85I'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…
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.
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#87Doesn't surprise me, though. I talked to some E-staff a while ago and they said the CEO wanted a data lake. I asked what for, and they said he didn't know yet. They just wanted it.
So not surprising they'd throw away so much brand recognition.
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#88RIP 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.
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Wow, I didn't realize that was him. He was on Flight 11 (struck North Tower) and his throat was cut. It's thought that he may have been trying to interfere with the initial disturbance as he had a combat background with the IDF.
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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.
I just hope you turned those servers off.
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#90What’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.
Until they start crippling Linode or increase their prices, I'll keep using it. Doesn't look like anything has changed yet except for the logo.
Yep. I've been running all my personal stuff on Linode for 11 years. Does this bode well? No. Am I going to migrate over a swapped logo? Also no.