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Re:Joyent ending "lifetime" hosting accounts by howradical on Thursday August 16, 2012 @12:08PM (#4391985)
I am Matt from Slicehost. And yes, if something sounds too good to be true, it usually is.
Re:Joyent ending "lifetime" hosting accounts by calinet6 on Thursday August 16, 2012 @01:06PM (#4392328)
Matt, I was a very early slicehost customer, and just wanted to say thanks for the years of great service and straightforward business. I really loved what you did and hope you're continuing to do well. Cheers!
Re:Joyent ending "lifetime" hosting accounts by howradical on Thursday August 16, 2012 @01:16PM (#4392394)
My pleasure, thank you for believing in us.
Re:Joyent ending "lifetime" hosting accounts by sriramk on Thursday August 16, 2012 @02:08PM (#4392705)
+1. Slicehost was my first VPS provider. Loved you guys.
Re:Joyent ending "lifetime" hosting accounts by howradical on Thursday August 16, 2012 @02:55PM (#4393006)
Thank you, that means a lot.
Re:Joyent ending "lifetime" hosting accounts by philgyford on Thursday August 16, 2012 @02:13PM (#4392744)
I paid $1399 for my TextDrive/Joyent "Three Martini Lunch" hosting, about six years ago. Which works out around $20/month. In retrospect, paying that amount up front doesn't seem "too good to be true", unfortunately.
Re:Joyent ending "lifetime" hosting accounts by Yver on Thursday August 16, 2012 @12:48PM (#4392237)
Unless we're talking about American Airlines' Lifetime Pass.
Re:Joyent ending "lifetime" hosting accounts by mcdavis on Thursday August 16, 2012 @12:52PM (#4392265)
Except that those are being cancelled as well - http://articles.latimes.com/print/2012/may/05/business/la-fi...
Re:Joyent ending "lifetime" hosting accounts by smackfu on Thursday August 16, 2012 @01:44PM (#4392567)
For abuse, which seems somewhat reasonable. And for the other people, they offered their money back, which is probably the best way to solve this kind of thing.
Re:Joyent ending "lifetime" hosting accounts by howradical on Thursday August 16, 2012 @03:09PM (#4393088)
LOL this was always a secret dream/inspiration of mine and they've shafted those poor folks too.