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Re:The Meteoric Rise of DigitalOcean by wmf on Thursday June 13, 2013 @12:56PM (#5875119)
This doesn't sound sustainable. Four years from now, DigitalOcean will have a mix of machines just like the other hosting providers.

(Google Compute Engine is in the same position because right now they only run on Sandy Bridge.)

Re:The Meteoric Rise of DigitalOcean by conesus on Thursday June 13, 2013 @01:00PM (#5875135)
DigitalOcean is my fourth host in four years. I just spent two years with a company inexplicably named Reliable Hosting Services before I switched. Switching hosting providers is surprisingly easy, since I just replicate out my DBs and then eventually switch the primaries over to the new host.

My gut tells me that DigitalOcean has at least a couple years until I have to even think about comparing to other hosts again.

Re:The Meteoric Rise of DigitalOcean by mitchwainer on Thursday June 13, 2013 @01:13PM (#5875217)
We're happy to have you on board! =]