Re:Defending Our Brand
by dtemp on Thursday June 23, 2016 @10:51AM
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Ah, the death throes of a big company that suddenly had its business model invalidated.
Well, not entirely; there are market niches that Let's Encrypt doesn't cover: org-validated and extended validation certs, wildcard certs, anyone who needs a cert that expires in years, ECDSA certs (for the time being)...
But theres no doubt that their revenue will be significantly cut, they'll lose shareholder value and need layoffs.
Their industry did it to themselves; a TLS cert company should have 5 engineers, 5 customer support people, and 2 managers, and should charge about 10% of what they do.
Well, not entirely; there are market niches that Let's Encrypt doesn't cover: org-validated and extended validation certs, wildcard certs, anyone who needs a cert that expires in years, ECDSA certs (for the time being)...
But theres no doubt that their revenue will be significantly cut, they'll lose shareholder value and need layoffs.
Their industry did it to themselves; a TLS cert company should have 5 engineers, 5 customer support people, and 2 managers, and should charge about 10% of what they do.