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No, I don't believe a $20/month base plan on Linode is a true barrier for anyone seriously considering deploying a real app. If you can't be sure that $20/mont
by dotBen 16y ago
No, I don't believe a $20/month base plan on Linode is a true barrier for anyone seriously considering deploying a real app.
If you can't be sure that $20/month makes sense then you've wasted a lot of time building an app. If you don't have the $20/month then surely anyone capable of developing an app can work for a few hours on a project for someone and make more than enough to cover a year's hosting.
If you just want a shell account to dick about with then Linode isn't for you and I don't think it's unfair to suggest that us folks running businesses off Linode instances don't want your eggdrops and IRC servers on there either.
- sp4rki 16y agoExcuse me, but what exactly are you disagreeing with? I said three things: 1) This move by Amazon is good because it will probably force Rackspace, Linode, et cetera to reevaluate their plans and make better offerings. This doesn't only affect the $20 plan, it affects all the plans. Hell with my requirements I'd be spending $1360 a month in Linode, in which case wouldn't you like paying a Benjamin or two less if you where in a similar position? 2) Anyone that doesn't have any infrastructure in place yet would be a fool not to take advantage of this promotion to help bootstrap their app. Hell if it doesn't work out you saved the equivalent $360 the experiment would have costed you in Linode. 3) That sadly I can't use this promotion because I already have an infrastructure in place consisting of 17 instances and other Amazon services. Where did I suggest anything about eggdrops and IRC servers? So are you implying Linode is not for me because I need 17 servers? Did you even read the comment before trying to refute something I haven't said?