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I completely recognize myself in this post, when it stated that hosters will provide clients the last version for new hosting and change version when asked. Bu
by JeanMarcS 8y ago
I completely recognize myself in this post, when it stated that hosters will provide clients the last version for new hosting and change version when asked.
But if you think that explaining clients that there are new versions and they should upgrade works, think again !
I still got 6 or 7 websites I’m hosting with PHP5.2 ! And I know they won’t work as it if I migrate them on 7.x.
For the last 2 years I’m pushing them to update the code. But they won’t, as it’s websites done by agencies that don’t exists anymore, and it has suits them for years so why change ?
So what do I do ? I can’t shut them (as they sure won’t like it and might send their lawyers after me). I can’t refuse to host them (as they are already clients and, in France, it’s difficult by law to refuse to sell to someone).
Of course my hosting contracts should have been better 18 years ago and it’s mostly the fault of the young me.
But here I am. My best solution would be to make the changes by myself under their validation. And no one will pay me for that.
- anticensor 8y agoYou cannot refuse to sell something to a particular person. However, you can refuse to sell it to anyone (i.e. not for sale).
- JeanMarcS 8y agoSure. But in this case is something already sold more than a decade ago with auto renew. When selling a new hosting now, it’s on the last version. And with a better contract !
- sawmurai 8y agoYou can increase the price for old php versions due to the increased risk of security issues and be transparent about it. Once you become too expensive they will either update or move away.
- JeanMarcS 8y agoThat’s a great idea, thanks !