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Cloudflare acquiring fly.io would be interesting to see.

by cholmon 5y ago

rattray 5y ago
As I was reading this article, I thought to myself, oh, this is the acquirer fly.io has in mind…
- mrkurt 5y ago
  I think we're a year ahead of Cloud Flare on learning but we do not want to be acquired. They also don't like us much.
  - rhizome 5y ago
    That's what they all say.
    - mrkurt 5y ago
      Sometimes it's a negotiation stance. Sometimes it just means "getting acquired sucks and we would rather do our own thing in the way that we think is best". Like this time!
      - deleted 5y ago
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  - rattray 5y ago
    > They also don't like us much Huh, that's too bad! Meaning they've caused trouble for your customers? Definitely disappointing to hear...
    - mrkurt 5y ago
      Oh no. I don't want to imply anything nefarious. I think we've just been irritating.
  - gingerlime 5y ago
    when can we see some real competition with CF? as in offering a modular CDN, WAF, etc? Your build-your-CDN blog post left me hoping you’ll build one for us :)
    - mrkurt 5y ago
      I think we'll solve some of this, most people who want a WAF just want to check a box. It makes sense to sell them a WAF. It's not where we're most valuable, though, our customers are pushing us towards much more interesting infrastructure. :)
brightball 5y ago
Cloudflare acquiring Lumen and Fly would be interesting to see. All of Lumen’s value is in the nationwide backbone fiber although they are trying to make a play in edge computing. IMO those fiber assets in the hands of a company like CF combined with a service like Fly would be pretty incredible.
- toastal 5y ago
  You prefer monopoly?
phn 5y ago
I'd bet more on them using their internal stack/expertise from building workers.
natrys 5y ago
While this doesn't preclude your scenario, note that cloudflare acquired appfleet recently, which was a similar service: https://appfleet.com/pricing https://appfleet.com/pricing https://appfleet.com/blog/appfleet-joins-cloudflare/ https://appfleet.com/blog/appfleet-joins-cloudflare/

Cloudflare acquiring fly.io would be interesting to see.

rattray 5y ago

As I was reading this article, I thought to myself, oh, this is the acquirer fly.io has in mind…

mrkurt 5y ago
I think we're a year ahead of Cloud Flare on learning but we do not want to be acquired. They also don't like us much.
- rhizome 5y ago
  That's what they all say.
  - mrkurt 5y ago
    Sometimes it's a negotiation stance. Sometimes it just means "getting acquired sucks and we would rather do our own thing in the way that we think is best". Like this time!
    - deleted 5y ago
      [deleted]
- rattray 5y ago
  > They also don't like us much Huh, that's too bad! Meaning they've caused trouble for your customers? Definitely disappointing to hear...
  - mrkurt 5y ago
    Oh no. I don't want to imply anything nefarious. I think we've just been irritating.
- gingerlime 5y ago
  when can we see some real competition with CF? as in offering a modular CDN, WAF, etc? Your build-your-CDN blog post left me hoping you’ll build one for us :)
  - mrkurt 5y ago
    I think we'll solve some of this, most people who want a WAF just want to check a box. It makes sense to sell them a WAF. It's not where we're most valuable, though, our customers are pushing us towards much more interesting infrastructure. :)

brightball 5y ago

Cloudflare acquiring Lumen and Fly would be interesting to see. All of Lumen’s value is in the nationwide backbone fiber although they are trying to make a play in edge computing. IMO those fiber assets in the hands of a company like CF combined with a service like Fly would be pretty incredible.

toastal 5y ago
You prefer monopoly?

phn 5y ago

I'd bet more on them using their internal stack/expertise from building workers.

natrys 5y ago

While this doesn't preclude your scenario, note that cloudflare acquired appfleet recently, which was a similar service: https://appfleet.com/pricing https://appfleet.com/pricing https://appfleet.com/blog/appfleet-joins-cloudflare/ https://appfleet.com/blog/appfleet-joins-cloudflare/