Momentous news: GoDaddy & (mt) Media Temple

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26 points·grflynn··7 comments

Well I guess I am gonna be finding a new hosting service. I didn't mind paying for their service but I am not going to do anything to support GoDaddy's terribleness.

I misread this as 'monstrous news', hovered over the link, was surprised they'd call the news 'monstrous' themselves, then noticed I'd read it wrong. Freudian slip in reading, I think.. :-)

See here:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6554185

MediaTemple is disgustingly expensive, but I gotta credit their branding and imagery. They invoke visions of security, reliability, and enterprise. Everything from their screenshots to their logo to their copywriting. Still, it's ridiculously overpriced, especially their VPS services

I spent a long while in the hosting sector. Let me explain:

Their support is top-notch. It really is. They have some cool technology going on that's developed in-house that you're hard-pressed to find anywhere else. They really are a different breed of host.

Me though? I've never been a fan of them. I see them all as pretty colors and fancy marketing. But at the end of the day, they probably have some of the best support out there. ASmallOrange is up there too (as is their price): a premium-ish service with the premium-ish price. Can you get the same stuff elsewhere? Sure, but it my take some significant effort to get everything setup.

I don't want anything to do with objectifying women or hunting elephants for marketing means.

Can anyone suggest a morally sound alternative.

Damn it, it was over priced but worked well, here comes the migration headache.

I'm surprised they haven't taken down the Facebook comments yet.

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